Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 57-year-old black woman was referred for evaluation of goiter with a history of an anterior neck swelling for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A recent conversation reminded me of a fascinating case I saw last year. An elderly Hmong woman who had recently ...

Q: I noted a swelling in the front of my neck and my doctor thinks it is my thyroid. She ordered some blood tests and an ultrasound. What can this be? A: The thyroid (identified as a separate body ...

The increased use of imaging techniques has led to a concomitant increase in the number of thyroid nodules detected; however, a strategy for accurate diagnosis of malignant nodules is still required.

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 ...

During the recent Liberation Day celebrations, the medical team from Rwanda Military Hospital held a medical camp in Ngenda, Bugesera District, as one of their healthcare outreach activities to treat ...

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 ...

The present study was carried out in two groups of patients. Group A ( Table 1) included seven patients (six women and one man, age ranging between 23 and 57 years, mean ± standard deviation [SD]: ...

The effects of LTA on thyroid nodules were monitored online by ultrasound during laser irradiation. An irregular echogenic area was observed gradually and slowly enlarging over time around the fiber ...