DOI: 10.12890/2021_002645

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis-Associated Acute Renal Failure and Pitfalls of eGFR Interpretation in Thyroid Diseases

Authors

  • Frank-Peter Tillmann Department of Medicine I, University Witten/Herdecke, Medical Center Cologne-Merheim, Germany; Nephrological Centres Münsterland, Ibbenbüren, Germany
  • Ana Harth Department of Medicine I, University Witten/Herdecke, Medical Center Cologne-Merheim, Germany
  • Achim Jörres Department of Medicine I, University Witten/Herdecke, Medical Center Cologne-Merheim, Germany

frank-peter.tillmann@gmx.de

Keywords

Hashimoto, thyroiditis, AKIN, cystatin C, eGFR

Abstract

The authors describe a patient with severe hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and describe the pitfalls of estimated glomerular filtration rate interpretation in such cases.

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Published

2021-06-22

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 6 (2021)

How to Cite

1.
Tillmann F-P, Harth A, Jörres A. Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis-Associated Acute Renal Failure and Pitfalls of eGFR Interpretation in Thyroid Diseases. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2021 Jun. 22 [cited 2026 Nov. 3];8(6). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/2645