Thyroid nodules are solid or fluid-filled lumps or bumps. They're found on your thyroid, a small gland in your neck. This gland makes thyroid hormone, which affects your metabolism (the internal ...

The word thyroid is derived from the Greek word “thyrus”, which means shield. The thyroid gland produces thyroxine, which is extremely important for the normal functioning of the human body. When ...

Almost everything that happens to our bodies is because of hormones whether big or small. Hormones are the chemicals that carry several vital functions by regulating glands. Thyroxine is one of the ...

A medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland was examined by electron microscopy, histochemistry and bioassay for thyrocalcitonin. Numerous secretory granules were present in the cytoplasm of the ...

Careful examination of all thyroid glands removed for either Graves' disease or multinodular goiter or at autopsy shows that 1 in 200 contain a small sclerosing papillary carcinoma, 1 cm. or less in ...

A 14-year-old girl who had moved from Yugoslavia to Austria was admitted to our hospital after presenting with a mass in her left thyroid lobe. Her parents reported that the tumor had existed for 4 ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a healthy woman. I recently had a whole-body thermography exam that highlighted my thyroid rather dramatically. Should I get a blood test for my thyroid and/or an ultrasound? -- ...

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 ...