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In Thyroid Blog - Posted 4 weeks ago
39 Y/O female has a lump found below her right ear. First problem. A excision biopsy was done by an ENT without any ultrasound, or fine needle biopsy....
In Thyroid Blog - Posted 6 weeks ago
The American Thyroid Association recommends prenatal vitamins with 150 mcg elemental iodine during pregnancy. The Institute of Medicine recommends 220...
In Thyroid Blog - Posted 8 weeks ago
Recent studies have shown that patients with high levels of insulin seen in obesity, diabetes, and in thin patients with insulin resistance have a la...
In Thyroid Blog - Posted 11 weeks ago
160 adverse events happened in 2007 from switching sources of thyroid hormone, during an Endocrine Society and American Thyroid Association reported s...
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In Thyroid Blog - Posted 18 weeks ago
First of all do not panic. 31% of the time the palpation is NOT accurate. 16% of the time there is no nodule at all! The referral to the radiologist f...
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In Thyroid Blog - Posted 19 weeks ago
If you are told you have a positive cancer FNA biopsy result on a thyroid nodule, or they say it is suspicious for cancer, what do you neeed to be don...
In Thyroid Blog - Posted 19 weeks ago
How do I know if I am very, low risk?Get your pathology report from your surgery.Look for these items:Very Low Risk is a patient has a single 1 cm c...
In Thyroid Blog - Posted 22 weeks ago
10-15 years ago, a referral for thyroid second opinion from an internist, and from a general endocrinologist would show that the endocrinologist knew ...
In Thyroid Blog - Posted 24 weeks ago
Is Calcitonin screening of all thyroid nodules cost Effective? A recent study by Cheung and associates in the JCEM 93:2173-2180,2008, suggests it is w...
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In Thyroid Blog - Posted 24 weeks ago
A 30 Y/O female with Graves' hyperthyroidism was treated with 15 Millicuries of radioiodine. The next day she entered the restroom at her workplace, a...
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