OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Compressive symptoms are common in thyroid disease, but few studies have focused on the presence, associated factors, and etiology of compressive symptoms. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review. METHODS Patients who underwent thyroidectomy from 2005 through 2009 were reviewed. The data included demographics, indication for surgery, compressive symptoms, complications, diag...

The present study was designed to find out the difference in volume of the thyroid gland of Bangladeshi people in relation to age and sex and to compare with previous local and foreign studies. It was a Cross-sectional descriptive type of study. The hospital based study was conducted in the Department of Anatomy, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, from January to December 2008. The present study was...

BACKGROUND The natural course of cytologically benign thyroid nodules remains unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether ultrasonographic (US) changes are associated with changes in nodule volume during follow-up. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed over 4 years of clinical records of patients with benign thyroid nodules as confirmed by fine needle aspiration (FNA). In total, 186 ...

In order to evaluate the influence of thyroxine treatment on thyroid volume after thyroidectomy for non-toxic goitre 110 consecutive patients were randomised to receive thyroxine (150 micrograms daily) or no treatment three months after operation. Thyroid volume determined by ultrasonography did not differ significantly between the two groups one year after operation. Nevertheless, a similar de...

OBJECTIVE To prospectively evaluate the heterogeneous appearance of the thyroid gland, reflecting inflammation and destruction in euthyroid Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), we investigated the clinical utilities of the heterogeneity index (HI) [the coefficient of variance (CV) of the ultrasonographic (US) intensities], focusing on anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPO-Ab), which represent not on...

To the Editors, A 67­year­old woman presented with a solitary nodule in the left lobe of the thyroid gland. She was clinically and chemically euthyroid. Thyroid function test showed serum free thyroxine 1.01 ng/dl (normal 0.83–1.44 ng/dl), free triiodothyronine 1.91 pg/ml (normal 1.73­3.20 pg/m) and thyrotropin 1.25 mIU/L (normal 0.49­4.67 mIU/L). An ultrasound examination of thyroid gland show...

The levothyroxine suppressive efficacy in benign thyroid nodules treatment is well described in uninodular non-toxic goiter, whereas only few controlled trials enrolled patients with multinodular disease. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the short term effects of levothyroxine treatment in never treated, pre-menopausal women affected by thyroid multinodular disease. Seventy-one pre-m...

BACKGROUND The end-diastolic velocity (EDV) of thyroid arteries reflects peripheral blood flow resistance. OBJECTIVE The aim was to evaluate EDV correlations with other Doppler sonography parameters and with clinical and biochemical variables in a sample of patients with hypothyroidism caused by chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (CAT). METHODS A sample of 48 CAT hypothyroid patients receiving ...

OBJECTIVE To assess iodine nutrition and thyroid function in Mexican childbearing age women. METHODS 101 childbearing age women (21.7 ± 3.5 years) randomly selected from the university student population participated in this cross-sectional study. TSH, thyroid hormones, anti-thyroid antibodies, thyroid volume, iodine intake, and urinary iodine concentration (UIC) were assessed. The knowledge ...

AIM To investigate the effect of preoperative Lugol's iodine on intraoperative bleeding in patients with hyperthyroidism. MATERIAL AND METHODS This controlled, randomized, prospective cohort was carried out on 40 patients who admitted for surgery due to hyperthyroidism. Cases were randomly assigned to receive either preoperative treatment with Lugol solution (Group 1) or no preoperative treat...