After returning from my drafted 2 years in the army, I returned to LAC/USC to complete my residency. I began working with my mentor Dr.Nicoloff in clinical and research thyroidology. With his help I received a 2 year NIH fellowship to study under...
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Post Pandemic: Dr. Guttler and his Staff are Ready to Keep You Out of the Hospital. Thyroid Radiofrequency RFA and Ethanol Ablation PEI are not hospital treatments. They are procedures done by endocrinologists with experience in intervetional...
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Thyroid No Surgery 101: Radiofrequency Ablation for Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodules. No surgery or Radioiodine. Dr.Guttler’s comments: 44 patients from 5 institutions who refused or were not suitable for surgery or radioiodine...
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Hashimoto’s ( CHT ) Nodules and Thyroid Cancer 101: Increased Risk with Nodules in CHT. Goiter in CHT which could harbor a thyroid cancer. Read below. Dr.Guttler’s Comments: 1. CHT can make...
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Hypothyroidism 101: Do You Have Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis CHT as the Cause? Dr.Guttler’s comments: You may be diagnosed with subclinical hypothyroidism SCH if you have a thyroid function test indicating normal thyroxine (T4)...
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Thyroid No Surgery 101: Benign Thyroid Nodules and Goiters. Patients Who Did Not Want Surgery and Came to Me for Alternative therapy with Ethanol PEI or Radiofrequency Ablation RFA. Just a few of my cases pre-treatment pictures. All had either...
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Thyroid Goiter and Nodules 101: What you need to Know. A swelling in the neck due to an enlarged thyroid gland is called a goiter. Worldwide, the most common cause of thyroid goiter is iodine deficiency. However, this is becoming a rarer...
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Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis (Lymphocytic Thyroiditis) 101: What you need to know. DR.Guttler’s Comments: 1.The term “Thyroiditis” refers to “inflammation of the thyroid gland”. 2.Hashimoto’s thyroiditis CHT, also known as chronic lymphocytic...
More infoAcromegaly Patients Have More Goiters and Nodules but Not More Thyroid Cancer Growth Hormone Excess causes growth of the thyroid goiters. Growth Hormone Excess in Acromegaly and Thyroid Disease Adult onset Early onset with gigantism. Wolinski K...
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Is Mono Lisa Hypothyroid? Credit: Leonardo da Vinci Is Lisa Gherardini seen after the birth of her child hypothyroid? Her swollen hand in the painting may be due to myxedema. The condition can lead to a yellowing of the skin, as well as...
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Thyroid Disease 101: Breast Cancer Risk Factors. Dr. Guttler’s comments They occur together but does not mean one causes the other. Iodine trapping systems in both thyroid and breast tissue has been one possible link. Radioiodine treatment...
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Thyroid Surgery 101: 1869 Almost half 8/20 of the goiter patients having surgery died. Dr. Guttler’s comments: 1. Modern thyroid surgery in 2018 140 years after his article has improved dramatically. 2. Deaths are rare. However...
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