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Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Outcomes of Massive Multinodular Goiter: A Retrospective Cohort Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
BackgroundThyroidectomy for massive goiters is challenging because of the increased risk of tracheomalacia, combined sternotomy, postoperative morbidity, and mortality, whereas studies investigating the clinicopathologic characteristics, postoperative ...
Qiang Chen   +7 more
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Factors Associated with Goiter Incidence in Farmers in Kismantoro Sub-District, Wonogiri Regency

open access: yesAmerta Nutrition, 2022
Background: Kismantoro Sub-district has been an endemic area of ​​severe goiter since 1982, with a total goiter rate of 35.5% until 2007, when was declared a mild endemic goiter area (TGR 10.79%).
Ahshaina Ramadhaningtiyas   +2 more
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The Impact of Goiter and Thyroid Surgery on Goiter Related Esophageal Dysfunction. A Systematic Review

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2018
Background: Patients with goiter referred for thyroidectomy report swallowing difficulties. This might be associated with esophageal compression and deviation as this is present in a significant number of patients.
Jesper Roed Sorensen   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

GOITER

Pediatrics, 1967
ENDEMIC GOITER remains one of the most widespread nutritional diseases in the world today. The major cause is iodine deficiency. The World Health Organization reports a high incidence of goiter in Thailand (where a program of iodine supplementation was instituted), in the mountains of Western Pakistan, Lebanon, Basutoland, and Kenya.
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Nontoxic Goiter

2017
Nontoxic goiter is a common condition related to deficiency in the iodine intake. Other etiological factors include genetic susceptibility, female gender, age, and tobacco smoking. Since the thyroid tissue has preponderance for nodular degeneration, most goiters harbor nodules of different size and texture.
Bonnema, Steen Joop, Hegedüs, Laszlo
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GOITERS IN CHILDHOOD

Pediatrics, 1956
CHILDREN with various types of goiter presently constitute approximately 16 per cent of the new admissions for primary endocrine disease seen in the Adolescent Endocrine Clinic at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Hence, it is evident that these conditions are by no means uncommon. In all fairness to the non-endocrinologist, however, the frequency of
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Surgery of the goiter

Therapeutische Umschau, 1999
Theodor Kocher hat, basierend auf seinem damaligen Verständnis der Goiterogenesis, bis weit über die Landesgrenzen hinaus die chirurgische Strategie der Strumachirurgie geprägt. Dank seiner (präventiven) Weitsicht ist die Schweiz heute kein Jodmangelgebiet mehr, sondern nur ein reines Strumaendemiegebiet, welches aber eine hohe Inzidenz von ...
Markus Schäfer   +2 more
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Multinodular goiter

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, 2003
MNG is a common clinical problem. Though most goiters are benign and asymptomatic, they may cause concern when they create compressive symptoms, develop autonomous functioning nodules, or form suspicious nodules. Diagnostic evaluation should include clinical evaluation, laboratory tests including TSH, and consideration of additional evaluation and ...
Khanh Gien Hoang   +2 more
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Goiter in Adolescents

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 1993
Enlargement of the thyroid gland during adolescence should be considered a pathologic rather than physiologic process. With diffuse enlargement in an asymptomatic patient, thyroid function tests and thyroid antibodies usually are the only tests needed to define the diagnosis of euthyroid autoimmune thyroiditis.
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Retrosternal Goiter

Chest, 1995
Retrosternal goiter is a common cause of compression of adjacent structures, and it may harbor cancer.During a 22-year period, we treated 44 patients with intrathoracic multinodular goiter.The goiter was resected in 40 patients; 4 patients were rejected because of prohibitive risk.
Shahar Madjar, Dov Weissberg
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