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patients with another chronic thyroid disease, in this case nodular goitre. Furthermore, we aimed at identifying potential clinical and socio-demographic determinants of anxiety and depression in patients with Graves' disease. Material and Methods
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commenced, and the dose titrated to normalise her thyroid function tests. The maintenance dose was 150 µg. Neck ultrasonography showed a large nodular goitre suspicious of malignancy. A staging computed tomography (CT) scan of the neck and thorax revealed a
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practice of European thyroidologists. Hence, we carried out a survey among European Thyroid Association (ETA) members aimed at investigating the attitude of ETA members towards the use of MIT in diagnosis/therapy of symptomatic nodular goitre. Imitating
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gland with pre-existing abnormalities (nodular goitre, latent Graves disease, chronic autoimmune thyroiditis) [ 2 ]. The epidemiology of AIT has changed over a period of 25 years in Italy, as the prevalence of AIT due to destructive thyroiditis (see
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The main histological diagnosis was nodular goitre in 83% of the operated patients, follicular adenoma in 10%, thyroid carcinoma in 5% and thyroid cyst in 1%. Altogether, 27 patients (5.7%) developed thyrotoxicosis during the follow-up period (6
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Foundation, and S.B. was supported by grants from Odense University Hospital’s Research Council. References 1 Carlé A, Krejbjerg A, Laurberg P: Epidemiology of nodular goitre. Influence of iodine intake. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 2014
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survey of 1995 (10.3 vs. 34.0%). The overall prevalence of nodular goiter was not significantly different in the two surveys, but when age was taken into account, its frequency was significantly lower in 2010 than in 1995 in subjects aged 26-35 years (3
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bilateral nodularity that characterizes endemic goiter (fig. 1 d). Fig. 1 a Preoperative photograph of a patient with left-sided monolobar multinodular goiter causing tracheal compression. b A patient with monolobar endemic goiter and severe
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Introduction Thyroid volume (Tvol) and total goitre rate have been regarded as sensitive indicators reflecting long-term population iodine nutrition [ 1 ]. Iodine deficiency and iodine excess are associated with marked differences in goitre