Key Features of Graves' Disease: - Goiter: An enlarged thyroid gland may appear as a noticeable swelling in the neck. - Eye Symptoms: A condition called Graves' ophthalmopathy affects some ...

Often, a goiter had been noted during a prior ... the thyroid gland secondarily initiating a connective-tissue disease? Are the thyroid and the connective-tissue manifestations both secondary ...

Thyroid disease is often missed in older adults because its symptoms overlap with those of “normal aging.” In this two-article series, we examine thyroid disorders in the elderly, beginning with ...

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.

Analysis of iodide deficiency, thyroid function ... relation of cretinism to endemic goiter despite the many statistical studies correlating these two disease entities. The Ecuadorian endemic ...

Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disease that leads to a generalized ... Another complication with the thyroid is a goiter, which is an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland. Worldwide, the most ...

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 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 ...

goiter, Graves’ disease, thyroid cancer, hyperparathyroidism, adrenal masses, pheochromocytoma, Cushing’s syndrome and Conn’s syndrome. A new procedure allows surgeons, like Dr. Raymon Grogan, to ...