Thyroid atrophy can arise in a number of situations and most with certain chronic thyroiditides such as:
It can also occur with conditions such as:
irradiation
prior treatment (e.g. I-131) of hyperactive conditions such as Graves disease 3
some situations of De Quervain thyroiditis
as a result of hypopituitarism
Differential diagnosis
congenitally small native thyroid with an ectopic thyroid
partial surgical resection
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