Review Article

Concomitant Thyroid Disorders and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Literature Review

Table 5

Characteristics of the patients with concomitant Crohn’s disease and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.

Case(Year)GenderAge at diagnosis of CD (years)Age at diagnosis of HT (years)CD prior to HTThyroid function tests
(TSH: μU/mL, freeT3: pg/mL, freeT4: ng/dL)
ComplicationsReference

1(1988)M1744+Hypothyroidism (TSH 5.3)
→ normalization
[33]
2(1988)F2643+Normal[33]
3(1988)F4355+Hypothyroidism (TSH 9.6)[33]
4(2002)F5346?Sjögren’s syndrome[34]
5(2005)F1624+Thyrotoxicosis (TSH 0.036, freeT3 13.2, freeT4 5.6)
→ normalization
[22]
6(2006)F2626SimHypothyroidism (TSH 3.90, freeT4 1.39)
→ normalization
Turner syndrome[35]
7(2008)F1515SimThyrotoxicosis (TSH < 0.05, free T4 2.7)
→ subsequent hypothyroidism
Beta-thalassemia[36]
8(2012)F1410Hypothyroidism
→ normalization
[37]
9(2012)M1010SimThyrotoxicosis (TSH 0.05, freeT4 31.5)Bardet-Biedl syndrome
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
[38]
10(2013)M33?35?+Thyrotoxicosis?Primary biliary cirrhosis
Familial CD
[39]

CD: Crohn’s disease; HT: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis; F: female; M: male; Sim: simultaneous.
Japanese-language literature.