Q: I noted a swelling in the front of my neck and my doctor thinks it is my thyroid. She ordered some blood tests and an ultrasound. What can this be? A: The thyroid (identified as a separate body ...
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 ...
Feb. 10, 2004 — Measures of thyroid volume (Tvol) determined in countries of long-established iodine sufficiency should be adopted for screening for goiter, according to a report published in the ...
1 Department of Surgery, Ultrasound Guided & Neck Pathologies Surgery Unit, "S. Maria del Popolo degli Incurabili" Hospital ASL NA1, Naples, Italy ...