Study on clinical characteristics of basedow in combined with Hashimoto disease

125 patients with Basedow disease associated with Hashimoto disease were investigated (in comparative with 88 patients subfering from single Basedow disease) at Military Hospital No 103 from January 1996 to June 2002. Results showed no difference between two groups in terms of the age of disease developing thyroid tumor of 3nd grade was occurred usually in both 2 groups, while the tumor of 4th grade occurred usually in the group of Basedow associated with Hashimoto disease. The tumor of Basedow associated with Hashimoto disease used to get high intensity, harderning in the grey and rose color while in the patient with simple Basedow disease, the tumor had low intensity, soft consistency and purple color.