In the United States, the most common cause of goiter is Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, says Dr. Barlow. This is an autoimmune disorder that causes hypothyroidism, or an underactive thyroid. The body’s ...

Goiter is a condition that increases the size of your thyroid gland, and may affect way its function. It’s often identifiable by swelling in your neck. Your thyroid is a gland found in your neck just ...

Thyroid enlargement, commonly known as goiter, may have several possible causes. Any individual may develop goiter. The risk increases with age over 40 years, and women are more likely to be affected ...

Goiter is an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland, the butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the neck. While iodine deficiency is a major global cause, both too little and too much iodine can ...

A goiter is an enlargement of your thyroid gland. That's the gland at the front of your neck just below your Adam's apple. It may be a temporary problem that will get better without treatment. Or it ...

A goiter refers to an enlarged thyroid gland. Sometimes, a person can have a goiter that has multiple nodules or bumps on it, which is known as a multinodular goiter. A toxic goiter is one that makes ...

Goiter is a health condition with a long-standing history, due to its visible symptoms and high prevalence in historical times. The following account is intended to give a brief overview of the ...

An American Thyroid Association (ATA) statement describing how to assess patients with goiter and providing recommendations for ways to manage goiter surgery to minimize complications is now published ...

At the Congress of American Physicians & Surgeons in Washington last fortnight and at the American Association for the Study of Goiter in Memphis last week, staff men from the great medical clinics ...

RECENT studies on sporadic goitrous cretinism 1–5 have called attention to the interesting paradox of hypothyroidism associated with a hyperplastic nodular goiter. These studies have demonstrated an ...

Your thyroid is a gland in your neck that makes hormones that control many bodily functions. An enlarged thyroid gland is called a goiter. One type of goiter is a multinodular goiter, in which an ...

A goiter is an enlarged thyroid gland that causes swelling in the neck. There are various possible causes, but it can be a sign that the thyroid gland is producing too much or too little thyroid ...