Thyroid uptake tests are essentially kinetic tests which reflect the speed with which certain phases of thyroid hormone biosynthesis are taking place. Under equilibrium conditions the rate at which the thyroid accumulates iodine is closely related to the rate of production of thyroid hormone. The nature of the information provided by thyroid uptake measurements is different therefore from that ...

Subacute granulomatous thyroiditis (SAT), also known as de Quervain's thyroiditis or painful subacute thyroiditis, is the commonest thyroid condition responsible for neck tenderness. Other causes of pain in the thyroid gland should be taken into consideration during differential diagnosis, especially when a patient presents with misleading or equivocal signs and symptoms. We report the case of ...

echinococcosis, although eradicated in many countries, is still widespread in communities where agriculture is dominant. cystic hydatidosis is a significant public health problem in the regions with endemic echinococcosis. the hydatid cysts tend to form in the liver or lung, but may also be found in other organs of the body such as brain, heart, and bone, while thyroid gland involvement is rath...

Introduction Increasing numbers of patients are receiving treatment with the tranquillizing drugs, and patients referred to hospital with suspected thyrotoxicosis are often taking such drugs. It is important to know what effects these drugs have on tests of thyroid function if diagnostic confusion is to be avoided. Diazepam is a commonly prescribed centrallyacting tranquillizer. Published work ...

Introduction Increasing numbers of patients are receiving treatment with the tranquillizing drugs, and patients referred to hospital with suspected thyrotoxicosis are often taking such drugs. It is important to know what effects these drugs have on tests of thyroid function if diagnostic confusion is to be avoided. Diazepam is a commonly prescribed centrallyacting tranquillizer. Published work ...

Thyroid gland is an essential endocrine that present in the human body. This review highlights production, regulation and disease conditions of thyroid hormones. The controlled with help hypothalamus pituitary brain. production hormones involves five main steps such synthesis thyroglobulin (TG), iodide uptake, iodination thyroglobulin, storage release. two important produced by are Thyroxine (T...

Thyroid cancer (TC) is categorized into papillary, follicular, medullary, and anaplastic. The TC increasing in several countries, including China, the United States, Kingdom, Canada, France, Australia, Germany, Japan, Spain, Italy. Thus, this review comprehensively covers factors that affect thyroid gland function, types, risk factors, symptoms. Lifestyle (such as nutrient consumption smoking) ...

hyperthyroidism is a common disease and one of the best methods for its treatment is radioiodine therapy. treatment with antithyroid drugs brings patients to euthyroidism before radioiodine therapy. antithyroid drugs should be discontinued before radioiodine therapy to increase thyroid uptake. the purpose of this study was to determine the optimal time of methimazole (mtz) discontinuation. one ...

Perchlorate, nitrate, and thiocyanate are competitive inhibitors of the sodium iodide symporter of the thyroid membrane. These inhibitors can decrease iodine uptake by the symporter into the thyroid gland and may disrupt thyroid function. This study assesses iodine status and exposure to iodide uptake inhibitors of non-pregnant and non-lactating adult women living in three different cities in T...

A case of parasitic thyroid nodule is presented. The patient was a non symptomatic 53-year-old white woman, on irregular course of L-thyroxine to treat hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Without a history of thyroid trauma or surgery, she presented a 1.6 x 0.7 x 0.5cm right pre-laryngeal lymph node-like mass which, on ultrasonography, appeared distinct from the gland. TSH, thyroid p...