Iatrogenic Thyrotoxicosis: Physician Induced Over-Dose in Treating Hypothyroidism and other causes of Exogenous Thyrotoxicosis Physicians may be giving thyroid hormone to patients that in 20% of patients in a recent large Colorado study was...
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Thyroid Papillary Microcancers Treated without Surgery Thyroid papillary Microcancers < 1.3 cm can be followed without surgery by active surveillance, but for those who want the small cancer ablated but still do not want surgery, a study by...
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Treatment of Toxic Nodular Goiter Antithyroid drugs can be used as first line in a sick patient with severe hyperthyroidism, and in some with subclinical hyperthyroidism. No remission is possible like Graves’.ATDs are temporary to eventual...
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Toxic Nodular Goiters in the USA:Usually Imported from Iodine Deficient Countries Most toxic nodular goiters are found in iodine defecient countries. When a patient with a goiter moves to USA they are exposed to higher iodine intake. This excess...
More info Toxic Nodule Diagnosis Overt thyrotoxicosis with low TSH high T4 or Subclinical hyperthyroid is low TSH normal T4. The presence of a palpable or US presence of a nodule. Increased radioiodine uptake in the nodule with decrease in the rest of the...
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