Approach to and treatment of goiters

• Published in: The Medical clinics of North America Vol. 96; no. 2; p. 351
• Main Authors: Medeiros-Neto, Geraldo, Camargo, Rosalinda Y, Tomimori, Eduardo K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2012
• Subjects: Combined Modality Therapy; Goiter - prevention & control; Goiter - therapy; Goiter, Nodular - therapy; Humans; Iodine Radioisotopes - therapeutic use; Risk Factors; Thyroidectomy - methods; Thyrotropin - therapeutic use; Thyroxine - therapeutic use

The main causes of simple diffuse goiter (SDG) and multinodular goiter (MNG) are iodine deficiency, increase in serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level, natural goitrogens, smoking, chronic malnutrition, and lack of selenium, iron, and zinc. Increasing evidence suggests that heredity is equall...