There are several factors that elevate or depress radioactive-iodine uptake and protein-bound iodine quite apart from altered thyroid function. In the course of preparation of this manuscript one of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 38-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of metastatic thyroid cancer. During a routine physical exam 10 ...

THE increasing use of radioiodine for the evaluation of thyroid function 1,2,3 prompts the recording of the experience gained with a relatively simple method in 2000 patients. Although a number of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 73-year-old man was sent for consultation for a hypermetabolic thyroid nodule found on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose ...

October 23, 2007 — Thyroid nodules are fairly common and, for the most part, are benign, but finding the ones that are not can be tricky. European studies have shown that routine measurement of serum ...

Racing heart, fevered brow, and worried mind? Your condition could be more serious than anxiety, and it could be time to get your thyroid checked. The thyroid gland, a butterfly-shaped organ in the ...

The thyroid gland produces two thyroid hormones, triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4), and releases them as needed by the body. The hypothalamus and the pituitary gland help control the thyroid ...

The thyroid gland which is located just below the Adam’s apple secretes thyroid hormones (T3 and FT4) that regulate metabolism of your body. The pituitary gland (which secretes TSH) recognises any ...