Autoantibodies to the thyroid gland in hemoblastoses and cytopenias

AIM: To study the level of thyroid antibodies (TAB) in blood diseases. MATERIAL AND METHODS: TAB levels dynamics was studied in 413 patients with hematological diseases. RESULTS: Increased incidence of cases with high Ab titer to thyroid microsomal antigen was found. High and moderate titers were revealed in 33% of all examinees, including 41%, 22%, 32% and 29% among patients with immune cytopenia, chronic lymphoid leukemia, generalized mature-cell lymphoma and myeloproliferative diseases, respectively. These high and moderate titers were rather stable. In 15% patients Ab were elevated insignificantly, this rise being unstable. CONCLUSION: Stable high titers of antibodies to thyroid antigens point to increased incidence rates of concomitant autoimmune hyroiditis in patients with blood diseases.