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PubMed1993

Rapidly progressive thyroid failure in Graves' disease after painful attack in the thyroid gland.

We studied a new type of Graves' disease: rapidly progressive thyroid failure after painful attack in the thyroid gland. Four women with the mean (+/- SD) age of 51 +/- 3.2 years had newly diagnosed hyperthyroid Graves' disease. A severe painful episode developed in the thyroid glands of two patients and permanent hypothyroidism occurred spontaneously within 2 or 3 months thereafter. Two to three episodes of pain developed in the thyroid glands of the other two patients during antithyroid drug therapy. There was a transient rise in serum thyrotropin level after each painful episode and permanent hypothyroidism developed 6 to 8 months after the initial painful attack. The clinical picture is characterized by moderate to severe pain in the thyroid gland with tenderness. Patients responded to steroid or anti-inflammatory therapy. During painful attack, increased or normal thyroid radioiodine uptake, elevated levels of C-reactive protein, and an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate were found, but there was no cytological evidence of subacute thyroiditis. After painful attack, serum thyroid stimulation antibody began to decrease in three of the patients while thyroid stimulation blocking antibody developed in one patient. This is a rapid and self-destructive process of the Graves' thyroid gland, which appears to be associated with painful attack in the thyroid gland.

Autoantibodies↗
PubMed2006

Warthin-like tumor of the thyroid gland: an uncommon variant of papillary thyroid cancer.

Several variants of papillary thyroid cancer have been described, including, most recently, Warthin-like tumor of the thyroid gland. To bring attention to this uncommon variant, we review previous reports on this entity and we add 5 new cases to the literature. We retrospectively reviewed the records of all patients who had undergone thyroidectomy at our institution during a 7-year period. Among these cases, we identified 5 patients who had had a Warthin-like tumor of the thyroid. From their charts, we compiled data on age, sex, lymphadenopathy, distant spread, and treatment. Pathologic specimens were reviewed for tumor size, capsular invasion, and vascular invasion. All 5 patients were women (mean age: 51.6 yr). Tumor size ranged from 0.9 to 2.0 cm. Multifocality was seen in 1 of the 5 patients; this patient was also the only one who experienced capsular and vascular invasion. No patient had lymph node spread or distant metastasis. Because the follow-up period among these patients was still short, we were unable to analyze long-term survival data.

Adenolymphoma↗
PubMed1994

Ultrasonography of the thyroid gland in hospitalized, chronically ill geriatric patients: thyroid volume, its relationship to age and disease, and the prevalence of diffuse and nodular goiter.

Ultrasongraphy of the thyroid gland was performed in a screening study of 177 chronically ill, hospitalized geriatric patients older than 60 years of age, from an area with only moderate iodine deficiency. The normal reference ranges of thyroid volume for males (1.7 mL to 22.2 mL) and for females 2.4 mL to 20.9 mL) were similar. The thyroid volume decreased with age in the euthyroid group and was also smaller in euthyroid females in bad health. The prevalence of goiter and thyroid nodules were 7.9% and 11.3%, respectively. Thus, the decrease of the thyroid volume in this geriatric population is probably related to both old age and diseases of the aged.

Age Factors↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Normal volume of the thyroid gland in children.

This study has attempted to establish normal values for the pediatric thyroid gland volume. The real-time ultrasound images of the thyroid gland in 300 healthy children were prospectively analyzed to determine the normal thyroid gland volume. The volume was calculated assuming each lobe of the thyroid gland to be a prolate ellipsoid. The thyroid gland volume was correlated with height, weight, body surface area, and age. Mean thyroid gland volume as a function of height was obtained. No significant difference was observed between males and females in each height group.

Body Height↗
PubMed1984

[Relations between the brain and the endocrine system from its chronobiological aspects. II. The hypophysis, adrenal gland, thyroid islet organ, gonads and kidney].

The presence of biorhythms in the endocrine organs (pituitary gland, adrenal gland, thyroid gland, islet organ, gonades , and kidney) are reviewed. Biorhythms ( circadian and circannual rhythms) have an influence on the action of this organs. The acrophases of the hormones in the serum have different peaks and their time-correlation is different. The importance of this data for experiments and for the clinical practice is discussed.

Adrenal Glands↗
PubMed1985

Sarcoidosis of the thyroid gland.

A case of thyroid gland sarcoidosis is reported, which mimicked a tumour at scintiscan, ultrasound investigation and operation.

Diagnosis, Differential↗
PubMed1992

[Incidence and importance of thyroid gland changes in clinical patients].

The thyroid gland of 536 patients of a medical hospital in an iodine deficient area was investigated by ultrasound. According to the sonographic pattern and to the scintigraphic imaging the focal lesions were analysed as micro- or macrofollicular adenomas, autonomous adenomas, cysts and chalk. The prevalence of goitres was 37.7%. The prevalence of goitres was higher in women (45%) than in men (30%). Focal lesions could be observed in 27.6%, equally more often in women (36%) than in men (18.9%). The frequency of focal lesions increased with the age of the patients and with the volume of the thyroid gland. Autonomous adenomas were found three times more often in women than in men. Hyperthyroidism was only observed in patients with nodules larger than 4 cm in diameter. Sonographic screening examinations of the thyroid gland seem to be useful in all patients of a clinic of medicine because of the risk (25%) of iodine contamination by diagnostic measures.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2001

MR imaging of primary leiomyosarcoma of the thyroid gland.

Primary leiomyosarcoma of the thyroid gland is extremely rare and radiological information on this tumor is scant. We presented radiological findings on primary thyroid leiomyosarcoma in a 66-year-old woman in which anaplastic carcinoma was suspected based on clinical and cytological features and discussed the radiological clues to distinguish between the two diseases. Ultrasonography showed an ill-defined hypoechoic mass without halo in the left lobe and the isthmus of the thyroid gland. Computed tomography depicted a low-density mass with calcification and necrosis, which invaded the thyroid cartilage. No lymphadenopathy was seen. The tumor was demonstrated as an isointense mass on T1-weighted MR images and a mass of intermediate signal on T2-weighted images. The tumor showed a fair enhancement on gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted images. Although the radiological picture was nonspecific, primary thyroid leiomyosarcoma appeared less invasive and far less frequent in developing nodal metastasis than anaplastic carcinoma in light of the literature.

Aged↗
PubMed2002

[Differentiated thyroid gland carcinoma in a scintigraphically hot thyroid nodule: diagnosis and interdisciplinary therapeutic management].

A hyperfunctioning differentiated thyroid carcinoma is a rare occurrence. Nevertheless, this diagnosis must be considered in a scintigraphically hot nodule if there is a clinical or sonographic suggestion of malignancy. The case of a 57-year old patient with hyperthyreosis and a scintigraphically hot thyroid nodule is presented. Further evaluation led to the diagnosis of a differentiated thyroid carcinoma with extensive lymph node and pulmonary metastases (pT2b, pN1b, pM1). The scintigraphically hot nodule corresponded to the primary tumor, whereas scintigraphic detection of the lymph node metastases was only possible postoperatively. Extensive resection of the lymph node metastases was achieved by the intraoperative application of a gamma probe (2nd operation). This allowed sufficient uptake of radioiodine in the pulmonary metastases for their detection and subsequent devitalisation by radioiodine therapy. Complete elimination of all tumour tissue was documented at a control follow-up after six months. Gamma probe-guided surgery may allow for additional removement of non-palpable lymph node metastases. In selected cases this may optimize the surgical results and thereby facilitate the subsequent radioiodine elimination of advanced differentiated thyroid carcinomas.

Adenocarcinoma, Follicular↗