Thyroid nodules, or lumps, are very common. Most aren’t cancer. Your thyroid is the small, butterfly-shaped gland usually located at the bottom front of your neck. If you have a lump on it ...

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.

Thyroid disease is caused by over- or underproduction ... can occur because of problems such as inflammation of the thyroid, nodules that develop on the thyroid gland, autoimmune disorders ...

Treatment of thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer can generally be safely postponed until after delivery. As diagnosing thyroid diseases during pregnancy may be difficult, adequate ...

After rising over a 35-year period, thyroid cancer incidence in the U.S. plateaued from 2010 to 2019, according to findings ...

While both are called medullary carcinoma, these cancers differ in many ways: ...

Thyroidectomy—a surgical procedure done to treat thyroid cancer or to remove a goiter or nodules Radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment for Graves' disease Thyroid tissue that has been destroyed by ...

Other causes include: nodules, which are abnormal clusters of thyroid cells within the gland Plummer’s disease, also known as toxic nodular goiter, which is more common in women and people over ...

Thyroid cancer nodule less than 2 cm Thyroid removal for benign conditions such as goiter or Graves’ disease Benign thyroid nodule less than 6 cm Primary hyperparathyroidism Limited secondary or ...

Thyroid diseases are characterized by hyperfunction (hyperthyroidism), hypofunction (hypothyoidism) or inflammation (thyroiditis) of the thyroid gland or the presence of thyroid nodules, which can ...

Surgeons at Nyeri County Referral Hospital perform thyroid surgery on a patient. [Kibata Kihu, Standard] In the realm of medical challenges, Dr Geoffrey Omolo, a specialist physician and ...

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, ...