桥本甲状腺炎(Hashimoto’s thyroiditis,HT)是日本学者桥本策于1912年首先提出并进行报道的,故名桥本氏病、慢性淋巴细胞性甲状腺炎(Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis),因为属于一种自身免疫性甲状腺疾病,又名自身免疫性甲状腺炎(Autoimmune thyroiditis),该病多无明显临床症状,以往漏诊率较高,随着医疗诊断技术的不断进步,人们已经发现该病不但是一种临床常见病,而且是导致甲状腺功能减退(Hypothyroid)的最常见原因,即桥本氏甲状腺功能减退(Hashimoto hypothyroidism), Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) was first proposed and reported by Japanese scholar Hashimoto Takeshi in 1912. Therefore, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis) belongs to itself Autoimmune thyroid disease, also known as Autoimmune thyroiditis, the disease no obvious clinical symptoms, the previous high rate of missed diagnosis, with the medical diagnosis of continuous improvement, it has been found that the disease is not only a clinical Common disease and is the most common cause of hypothyroidism, Hashimoto hypothyroidism,