Thyroid Diseases

Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis; Goiter; Hashimoto Thyroiditis; Hashimoto’s thyroiditis; Hashimoto's Disease; Hashimoto//'s disease; Thyroid Disease; Thyroiditis

A goitre (or goiter) (Latin struma), also called a bronchocele, is a swelling in the neck (just below adam's apple or larynx) due to an enlarged thyroid gland. They are classified in different ways: A "diffuse goitre" is a goitre that has spread through all of the thyroid (and is contrasted with a "simple goitre", "single thyroid nodule" and "multinodular goitre". "Toxic goitre" refers to goitre with hyperthyroidism. These are derived from inflammation, neoplasm, and some kinds of activat ...