Thyroid International 3-2000

 

 

Multinodular goitre

Peter Laurberg
Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Aalborg Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

Endemic goitre
Maladaption to iodine deficiency
Three main types of non-endemic goitre
Goitre due to neoplasia
Goitre associated with autoimmunity
Multinodular goitre
Heterogenity of multinodular goitre

Incomplete thyroid hormone synthesis in multinodular goitre

Hyperthyroidism in multinodular goitre

Epidemiology of multinodular toxic goitre

Multinodular goitre and subclinical hyperthyroidism

Multinodular goitre and benign neoplasia

Treatment of multinodular goitre

Treatment of multinodular goitre with hyperthyroidism

Treatment of euthyroid multinodular goitre

Summary and conclusion

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