Goiter frequency is more strongly associated with gastric adenocarcinoma than urine iodine level [PDF]
Purpose: We designed our study to evaluate the hypothesis that gastric cancer is correlated with iodine deficiency or thyroid dysfunction. Materials and Methods: We investigated the total body iodine reserve, thyroid function status and autoimmune ...
Adabi, K. +12 more
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A Rare Coexistence of Papillary Carcinoma, Warthin’s Tumour and Oncocytosis [PDF]
This is the rare case where bilateral parotid glands, bilateral submandibular glands; both lobes of thyroid gland were involved synchronously. Patient was operated for bilateral superficial parotidectomy, bilateral submandibular gland excision and total ...
Nitin Sharma +4 more
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Antigen receptor variable region repertoires expressed by T cells infiltrating thyroid, retroorbital, and pretibial tissue in Graves' disease [PDF]
To date, it has remained unclear whether T cells infiltrating thyroid, retroorbital, and pretibial tissue of patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy and pretibial dermopathy represent a primary immune response that is directed against certain antigenic ...
Heufelder, Armin E. +2 more
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Simultaneous Papillary Carcinoma in Thyroglossal Duct Cyst and Thyroid [PDF]
Thyroglossal duct cyst (TDC) is a cystic expansion of a remnant of the thyroglossal duct tract. Carcinomas in the TDC are extremely rare and are usually an incidental finding after the Sistrunk procedure.
Araújo Brandão Rajão, Kamilla Maria +9 more
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A Case of Thyroidal Coccidioidal Infection
Infection of the thyroid gland with Coccidioides immitis is rare. We report a case with disseminated coccidiomycosis involving thyroid gland as a thyroid nodule.
Nadia Raza MD, Arash Heidari MD
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Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging for differentiation of thyroid nodules [PDF]
Background: Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI)-imaging is an ultrasound-based elastography method enabling quantitative measurement of tissue stiffness.
Berner, Christian +9 more
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Effect of thyroid statuses on sodium / iodide symporter (NIS) gene expression in the extrathyroidal tissues in mice [PDF]
Background Iodide that is essential for thyroid hormone synthesis is actively transported into the thyroid follicular cells via sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) protein in vertebrates.
Md. Harun-Or-Rashid +5 more
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ACCESSORY THYROID GLAND OF THE LATERAL NECK
To the Editor, A 34-year-old Turkish woman presented with a left-sided cervical accessory thyroid gland. Her B-Mode thyroid ultrasonography exhibited an accessory thyroid parenchyma adjacent to the inferolateral border of left lobe of the thyroid ...
Sengul Ilker, Sengul Demet
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Is thyroid nodule location associated with malignancy risk? [PDF]
PURPOSE: Nodules located in the upper pole of the thyroid may carry a greater risk for malignancy than those in the lower pole. We conducted a study to analyze the risk of malignancy of nodules depending on location.
Biffoni, Marco +9 more
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Variant arterial supply of thyroid gland
The thyroid gland is a highly vascular gland placed anteriorly in the neck and is supplied by the superior thyroid artery (STA), inferior thyroid artery (ITA), and sometimes the thyroidea ima artery.
Angel, Anjali Jain
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