Medical therapy with levothyroxine to decrease serum TSH levels in patients with nonfunctioning thyroid nodules achieves very limited, if any, goiter shrinkage, and is no longer recommended for ...

Serious consideration, however, should be given to the question of malignancy in nodules in the thyroid gland. There are several reasons why all multinodular goiters cannot be removed to prevent ...

THE value of extirpating goiters, particularly nodular ... sternum that was thought to be an adenoma of the thyroid gland. The substernal nodule and a portion of the cranial nodule were removed.

The indications for goiter surgery should be based on the ... The management of thyroid nodules. A retrospective analysis of health insurance data. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2013; 110: 827–34.

Toxic nodular goiter is a specific cause of hyperthyroidism due to one or more abnormal nodules or lumps growing in the thyroid gland. Less common causes include subacute thyroiditis, certain ...

Design and Patients: Seven patients with autonomous hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule (group A) and five patients with compressive nodular goiter (group B) were treated with LTA. Up to three needles ...

A doctor may recommend a thyroid lobectomy to remove these tumors. Others may develop nodules or goiters within the thyroid. Surgeons can remove these growths during a thyroid lobectomy.

with single autonomous hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule. Inclusion criteria were: high levels of FT 3 and/or FT 4 and suppressed TSH values; normal circulating levels of thyroglobulin, calcitonin ...

In cases of large goiters, nodules, or cancer, thyroidectomy, the surgical removal of the thyroid gland, may be necessary. Addressing thyroid disorders in India requires comprehensive public ...