Hashimoto's disease is a condition in which your immune system attacks your thyroid, a small gland at the base of your neck below your Adam's apple. ... Inflammation from Hashimoto's disease, also known as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, often leads to an underactive thyroid gland.

Choroba Hashimoto to zapalenie tarczycy o podłożu autoimmunologicznym, częsta przyczyna pierwotnej niedoczynności tarczycy. Terapia to L-tyroksyna.