Lingual Thyroid with Subclinical Hypothyroidism in a Young Female

Spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in a young female subject with a lingual thyroid and primary hypothyroidism

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A case of lingual thyroid with hypothyroidism.

A Case of Subclinical Hypothyroidism with Lingual and Right Pretracheal Ectopic Thyroid

Ectopic thyroid tissue is most commonly located in a single location, this being the lingual area. Presentation with two ectopic thyroid foci is quite unusual. A girl patient aged 7 years who presented with complaints of two masses in the right anterior neck and submandibular area is reported. Her growth pattern and development were normal. The masses were detected to be dual ectopic thyroid gl...

Osteoporosis in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism treated with thyroid hormone.

OBJECTIVE to estimate the prevalence of osteoporosis in patients being treated with thyroid hormone. METHOD cross-sectional retrospective study of primary care patients. EXPERIMENTAL GROUP: patients diagnosed with subclinical hypothyroidism receiving thyroid hormone replacement therapy. CONTROL GROUP patients not receiving replacement therapy. Once the sample was selected its members were ...

Hyperprolactinemia in association with subclinical hypothyroidism

Background: Hyperprolactinemia is the most common endocrine disorder in hypothalamic-pituitary axis and has been reported in variable levels in patients with overt primary hypothyroidism. We decided to determine the prevalence of hyperprolactinemia and clinical related symptoms in subclinical hypothyroidism patients. Methods: In this cross sectional study, prolactin levels of 481 subclinical hy...