THYROID LESION AND ITS PROGNOSTIC VALUE WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

Аннотация

Resume. In 105 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a comprehensive clinical and laboratory examination assessed the lesion of the thyroid gland (thyroid gland), its variants, and the functional state of the organ to determine the prognostic significance of thyroid pathology in SLE. Thyroid damage was detected in 33 (31.4%), the most common being autoimmunethyroiditis. It has been shown that thyroid damage in SLE, in particular AIT with an outcome of hypothyroidism is a risk factor for atherosclerosis due to the occurrence of endothelial dysfunction, remodeling of the vascular arterial wall, thickening of its intimomedial layer and formation ofatherosclerotic plaques. Key words:systemic lupus erythematosus, thyroid lesion, prognosis.