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A Nodule in the Thyroid Gland

Are thyroid nodules often benign?
Does thyroid cancer commonly occur in children?
How is a thyroid nodule diagnosed as either benign or malignant?
How is differentiated thyroid cancer treated?
How is medullary thyroid cancer treated?
If a benign thyroid nodule turns out to be a cyst, what does that mean?
If a benign thyroid nodule turns out to be an adenoma, what does that mean?
If benign thyroid nodules are caused by toxic multinodular goiter, what does that mean?
If you have a malignant thyroid nodule, does that mean you have cancer?
What are the symptoms of a malignant thyroid nodule?
What are the various types of benign thyroid nodules?
What causes a nodule in the thyroid gland?
What happens if you have a benign thyroid nodule?
What is differentiated thyroid cancer?
What is medullary thyroid cancer?
What is the prognosis for differentiated thyroid cancer?
What is the prognosis for medullary thyroid cancer?
What types of thyroid cancer occur in children?

Abnormalities of the Thyroid Gland

Can you be born with a thyroid gland abnormality?
How are thyroid gland disorders detected?
What are the reasons the thyroid gland does not always work as it should?
What happens if the thyroid gland does not function properly?

Diagnosing Thyroid Disorders

What are chromosomal and DNA analyses?
What is a 24-hour urine analysis?
What is a heel prick (Guthrie test)?
What is a radioactive iodine uptake with perchlorate discharge test?
What is a radioactive uptake test?
What is a TRH test?
What is an MRI?
What is an ultrasound?
What is Anti-Tg?
What is Anti-TPO?
What is T3?
What is T4?
What is TBG?
What is TBI?
What is Tg?
What is the iodine excretion test?
What is TSH?
What is TSI?
What is ultrasound with needle biopsy?

Enlarged Thyroid Gland (Goiter)

Can you be born with a thyroid gland enlargement?
How is the cause of thyroid gland enlargement diagnosed?
Is it always the entire thyroid gland that is enlarged?
What is goiter?

Hyperthyroidism

Can you be born with hyperthyroidism?
How can Hashitoxicosis be treated?
How is Graves' disease diagnosed?
How is Graves' disease treated?
How is hyperthyroidism diagnosed?
How is radioactive iodine used to treat Graves' disease?
How is toxic multinodular goiter treated?
What are the symptoms and features of Graves' disease?
What complaints can a child with hyperthyroidism have?
What exactly has gone wrong in Graves' disease?
What is Graves' disease?
What is Hashitoxicosis?
What is hyperthyroidism?
What is toxic multinodular goiter?
What kind of surgery can be performed in the case of Graves' disease?
Which medicines must you take with Graves' disease?
Why can your eyes sometimes bulge with Graves' disease?

Hypothyroidism

How can CH be treated?
How is CH diagnosed?
How is Hashimoto's thyroiditis diagnosed?
How is Hashimoto's thyroiditis treated?
How is hypothyroidism diagnosed?
What are the possible causes of hypothyroidism that starts during childhood or adolescence?
What are the symptoms associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis?
What is congenital hypothyroidism (CH)?
What is Hashimoto's thyroiditis?
What is hypothyroidism?
What symptoms do newborns with CH have?
What symptoms or complaints can a child with hypothyroidism have?

Thyroid Gland

How is the thyroid gland controlled?
What do the parathyroid glands do?
What does the thyroid gland do?
Where is the thyroid gland located?

Thyroid Hormone

Are both thyroid hormones, T4 and T3, active?
How is thyroid hormone produced?
How many different types of thyroid hormone are there?
What are the effects of thyroid hormone on respiration?
What are the effects of thyroid hormone on the heart?
What are the effects of thyroid hormone on the metabolism?
What are the effects of thyroid hormone on the nervous system?
What are the effects of thyroid hormone on the skeletal system?
What does thyroid hormone do?

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A Nodule in the Thyroid Gland

Abnormalities of the Thyroid Gland

Diagnosing Thyroid Disorders

Enlarged Thyroid Gland (Goiter)

Hyperthyroidism

Hypothyroidism

Thyroid Gland

Thyroid Hormone

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