THYROIDITIS
THYROIDITIS Ivor M. D. Jackson James V. Hennessey Thyroiditis is a term used for a wide variety of thyroid disorders or different etiologies. Patients may present with vastly different clinical…
SPECIAL CLINICAL PROBLEMS
SPECIAL CLINICAL PROBLEMS Part of “CHAPTER 45 – HYPOTHYROIDISM“ DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH NONTHYROIDAL DISEASE Nonthyroidal disease complicates the evaluation of thyroid function. Differentiating hypothyroidism from the effects…
LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS
LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS Part of “CHAPTER 45 – HYPOTHYROIDISM“ THYROID HORMONE MEASUREMENTS In patients with typical symptoms and signs, the diagnosis of hypothyroidism generally can be confirmed by measurement of the…
CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS
CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS Part of “CHAPTER 45 – HYPOTHYROIDISM“ HISTORY Adult-onset hypothyroidism usually causes an insidious progression of multiple symptoms and signs, the exact onset of which often cannot be specified…
SYSTEMIC EFFECTS OF THYROID HORMONE DEFICIENCY
SYSTEMIC EFFECTS OF THYROID HORMONE DEFICIENCY Part of “CHAPTER 45 – HYPOTHYROIDISM“ The clinical spectrum of thyroid hormone deficiency ranges from the asymptomatic person without abnormal physical findings to the…
HISTORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
HISTORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY Part of “CHAPTER 45 – HYPOTHYROIDISM“ By the end of the nineteenth century, the syndrome of acquired thyroid hormone deficiency in adults was described as a “cretinoid”…
HYPOTHYROIDISM
HYPOTHYROIDISM Lawrence E. Shapiro Martin I. Surks Hypothyroidism is the appellation for any degree of thyroid hormone deficiency. The term myxedema is often used to indicate the result of a…
POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS Part of “CHAPTER 44 – SURGERY OF THE THYROID GLAND“ Many authors have reported large series of thyroidectomies with no deaths. In other reports, mortality does not differ…
