OBJECTIVE: Due to the increased prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in subjects with type 2 diabetes and also this fact that antibodies could potentially identify subjects at risk of thyroid dysfunction, this study was conducted to investigate thyroid autoimmunity in type 2 diabetic patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Among patients referred to Yazd Diabetes Research Center, 4000 type 2 diabetic pat...

background: anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody (anti-tpo antibody) is a member of thyroid autoantibodies which are important in inducing and also diagnosing autoimmune thyroid diseases. thyroid autoimmunity can cause several forms of thyroiditis and abnormal thyroid functions, ranging from hypothyroidism to hyperthyroidism. objective: to evaluate the relationship between serum levels of anti-tpo ...

radioiodine (1-131) is the treatment of choice in differentiated thyroid carcinoma. external radiotlierapy however, has it's own roie in these tumors. treatment of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma 1ms not acliieved any notahle success yet, though combined - modality regimens of radiotherapy and chemotherapy have sometimes shown significant results. in this paper the role of radiotlierapy and chemot...

introduction: in patients with thyroid carcinoma, radiation absorbed doses of the thyroid and surrounding tissues is important to weigh risk and benefit considerations. in nuclear medicine, the accuracy of absorbed dose of internally distributed radionuclides is estimated by different methods such as mird and direct method using tld. the aim of this study is using tld and a phantom to determine...

background and objectives: hyperthyroidism can occur with pregnancy. thyroid storm is a life-threatening exacerbation of hyperthyroidism. the mortality rate for thyroid storm remains surprisingly high at approximately 20%. case report: a 21-year-old primigravida woman presented at 25 weeks, with severe pre-eclampsia and uncontrolled hyperthyroidism was scheduled for emergency cesarean section. ...

background: thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy. several risk factors were found to play a role in thyroid cancer. the purpose of the study was to determine the risk factors for thyroid cancer, in babol, north of iran. method: 80 patients with thyroid cancer were selected as case group and 160 people living in the neighborhood of the patients as control group. risk factors in...

the thyroid structural changes in pregnant ewes and their fetuses were investigated. out of 100 pairs of thyroid glands collected from ewes and their fetuses at the local municipal abattoir in ahvaz city of khuzestan province, multiple lesions were seen in 59% and 21% of the thyroid glands of ewes and fetuses, respectively. histologically, ninety nine lesions in the ewes and twenty two lesions ...

 Seasonal changes of the thyroid gland structure and hormones secretion was examined in yellowfin seabream (Acanthopagrus latus) in the northwest of Persian Gulf (Musa creek). Thyroid gland composed of follicles scattered around the ventral aorta, near the gills. Follicular cells varied according to secretion of the gland during warm and cold seasons. Thyroid hormones (Triidothyronine [...

Thyroid gland metastatic tumors are rare in clinical practice. Clear cell RCC is one of common metastatic tumors to thyroid. We here reported a case of incidentally found clear cell renal carcinoma metastasis to the thyroid gland 3 years after nephrectomy, in the thyroidectomy procedure performed for the patient due to the thyroid enlargement caused by multinodular goiter. A 65-year-old Iranian...