OBJECTIVE Thyroid nodule measurement using ultrasonography (US) is widely performed in various clinical scenarios. The purpose of this study was to evaluate inter-observer variation in US measurement of the volume and maximum diameter of thyroid nodules. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study included 73 consecutive patients with 85 well-defined thyroid nodules greater than 1 cm in th...

BACKGROUND The controversy that iodized salt may increase the risk of thyroid disorders has arisen in China during the past several years. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore whether iodized salt increased the risk of thyroid nodule among a Chinese population. DESIGN A cross-sectional study was conducted in Hangzhou, China, in 2010. Iodized salt intake, urinary iodine concentration (UIC),...

BACKGROUNDS AND AIMS Nitrogen nutrition of legumes, which relies both on atmospheric N2 and soil mineral N, remains a major limiting factor of growth. A decade ago, breeders tried to increase N uptake through hypernodulation. Despite their high nodule biomass, hypernodulating mutants were never shown to accumulate more nitrogen than wild types; they even generally displayed depressed shoot grow...

Medical records of 228 patients who had undergone thyroid surgery were studied. There were 179 females and 49 males with mean age of 33-8 years. Pre-op. diagnosis was cold nodule in 4. 4 %. Pathology diagnosis was simple goiter in 54%, adenoma in 23%, thyroid cancer in 15% and colloid cyst in 5.3% of the patients. Among carcinomas 68% were papillary, 29% follicular and 3% medullary. There were1...

Sister Mary Joseph Nodule refers to an umbilical nodule resulting from metastasis from an intra-abdominal malignancy, either pelvic (common in females), or gastrointestinal system (common in males). We report a case of Sister Mary Joseph Nodule in a lady which resulted from gastric malignancy.