Total thyroidectomy is often performed for benign nodular goiter to prevent recurrence. In this issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, N. Rayes and coauthors summarize the available data on ...

This butterfly-shaped organ at the base of your neck releases hormones that control how well your body turns food into energy as well as the speed at which your heart, muscles, brain, liver, and other ...

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If you’ve ever noticed a lump at the base of your neck, it could be a sign of goiter, an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid ...

and five patients with compressive nodular goiter (group B) were treated with LTA. Up to three needles were positioned centrally in the thyroid nodule and laser fiber was placed in the lumen of ...

Reference is made to the complete disappearance of goiters by the administration of desiccated thyroid. However, some of these nontoxic nodular hyperplastic goiters are of long duration and from their ...

The most common causes of hyperthyroidism is Graves' disease at 70 per cent and toxic nodular goiter at 16 per cent. Graves' disease is an autoimmune disorder that leads to hyperthyroidism.

"Goiters can also develop due to thyroid nodules, growths within the gland that can lead to overall enlargement, as well as hormonal changes during pregnancy or menopause," says Dr. Quijano-Vega.

In iodide deficient areas, serum TgAb measurements may be useful for detecting autoimmune thyroid disease in patients with a nodular goiter and for monitoring iodide therapy for endemic goiter.

As board-certified, fellowship-trained endocrine surgeons, they offer specialized care to patients in Houston and the surrounding area, with thyroid nodules, goiter, Graves’ disease, thyroid cancer, ...