Items tagged “thyroid”
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Graves disease (pathology)
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11 Sep 2012
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Pathology
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Lingual thyroid
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15 Dec 2012
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CT
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Disappearing "halo" on thyroid ultrasound
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24 Feb 2013
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Complete halo sign of thyroid nodule (ultrasound)
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24 Feb 2013
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Ultrasound
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Graves disease (thyroid scintigraphy)
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28 Feb 2013
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Nuclear medicine
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Thyroid cyst
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27 Mar 2013
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Ultrasound
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Colloid cyst of thyroid
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02 May 2013
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CT
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Bovine arch with thyroidea ima artery
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13 Oct 2013
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CT
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Zuckerkandl tubercle
Zuckerkandl tubercles are the projections of normal thyroid tissue from the posterior or posteromedial margin of the thyroid gland that extend posterior to the tracheoesophageal groove. They are present in most patients and occur more commonly on the right and in the longitudinal center 50% of t...
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Colloid nodule (thyroid)
Colloid nodules are non-neoplastic benign nodules occurring within the thyroid gland. They form the vast majority of nodular thyroid disease.
Pathology
Colloid nodules are composed of irregularly enlarged follicles containing abundant colloid. A colloid nodule may be single or multiple and can...
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Papillary thyroid carcinoma
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26 Jun 2014
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Multinodular goiter
Multinodular goiter (MNG) is defined as an enlarged thyroid gland (i.e. goiter) due to multiple nodules which may have normal, decreased or increased function.
Terminology
When increased activity and hyperthyroidism are present then the condition is referred to as a toxic multinodular goiter ...
Article
Iodinated contrast-induced thyrotoxicosis
Iodinated contrast-induced thyrotoxicosis is rare and may occur in patients with pre-existing thyroid disease and through complications of thyrotoxicosis (e.g. cardiac arrhythmia) may be fatal. Patients with a normal thyroid gland are unaffected.
Patients with existing thyrotoxicosis should no...
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Goiter
Goiter (rarely thyromegaly) refers to enlargement of the thyroid gland. It can occur from multiple conditions. Clearly the absence of thyroid enlargement does not preclude significant thyroid pathology.
The definition of a goiter depends on age and sex; below are the upper limits of normal for ...
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Multinodular goiter
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20 Nov 2014
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Ultrasound
Nuclear medicine
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Gene expression classifier
A gene expression classifier (GEC) test is a developing technology in the analysis of indeterminate thyroid nodules, using cells from a fine needle aspiration. The most common commercially available GEC in the United States is known as AFIRMA.
The test is designed to use molecular markers to he...
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Heterogeneous thyroid echotexture
Heterogeneous echogenicity of the thyroid gland is a non-specific finding and is associated with conditions diffusely affecting the thyroid gland. These include:
Hashimoto thyroiditis
Graves disease
The presence of heterogenous thyroid echogenicity may reduce sensitivity of detection of thyro...
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Thyroid sarcoidosis
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31 Dec 2014
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Thyroid lymphoma
Thyroid lymphoma is rare, accounting for a minority of both thyroid malignancies and lymphoma in general.
The thyroid may be affected primarily or secondary to lymphoma elsewhere. This article is concerned with primary thyroid lymphoma.
Epidemiology
Thyroid lymphoma accounts for <5% of thyr...
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Microlobulated margin of thyroid nodule: metastasis to thyroid
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31 Dec 2014
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Ultrasound