RECENT studies on sporadic goitrous cretinism 1–5 have called attention to the interesting paradox of hypothyroidism associated with a hyperplastic nodular goiter. These studies have demonstrated an ...

Goiter is an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland, the butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the neck. While iodine deficiency is a major global cause, both too little and too much iodine can ...

IN THE therapeutic attack on malignant tumors in general, the accumulated experience of generations has established as virtually axiomatic certain well defined principles. The first is the folly of ...

Goitre is an enlargement of the thyroid gland that can be classified as simple, diffuse goitre or multinodular goitre. Nodules (lumps) within the thyroid gland are common and usually benign. They are ...

During the summer of 1933 a frantic debility manifested itself in Her Royal Highness Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, only daughter of King George and Queen Mary. Physicians noted a toxemia which ...

At the Congress of American Physicians & Surgeons in Washington last fortnight and at the American Association for the Study of Goiter in Memphis last week, staff men from the great medical clinics ...

1 School of Public Health, Institute of Health, Bule Hora University, Bule Hora, Ethiopia 2 Public Health Department, Mizan-Aman College of Health Science, Mizan-Aman, Ethiopia Introduction: Goitre is ...

A total of 19 patients suffering from goiter will undergo surgery thanks to the Operation Bukol by GMA Kapuso Foundation and the Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center. According to a report on "24 ...

In the United States, the most common cause of goiter is Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, says Dr. Barlow. This is an autoimmune disorder that causes hypothyroidism, or an underactive thyroid. The body’s ...

Department of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China Background: Cardiac teratoma is extremely rare, accounting for less than 1% of adult cardiac tumors.