Thyroid dysfunctions such as hypothyroidism, thyrotoxicosis and thyroid nodules may develop during pregnancy leading to abortion, placental abruptions, preeclampsia, preterm delivery and reduced intellectual function in the offspring. Epidemiological data have shown the significant role of maternal thyroid hormone in fetal neurologic development and maternal health. It has been suggested that t...

Although the association of thyroid disorders with tuberculosis has been known for a long time, the diagnosis of thyroid tuberculosis is rare. Differential diagnosis can be very difficult without fine needle aspiration. The clinical course of the disease may resemble toxic goiter or acute thyroiditis or may follow a subacute or chronic pattern without specific symptomatology. We describe a 49-y...

Acromegaly often involves the presence of different pathologies of the thyroid gland. Long-lasting stimulation of the follicular epithelium by growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) can cause disorders in thyroid function, an increase in its mass and the development of goitre. Acromegalic patients present most frequently with non-toxic multinodular goitre. Nodules are more...

investigations regarding the relationship between bone mineral density (bmd) and thyroid function tests even in the normal range are limited. therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between bmd with thyroid function tests in elderly people. this study is a part of a prospective study about health status of the elderly people in amirkola city (ahap) which is on...

Radioactive iodine has proved itself a most useful tool in the assessment of thyroid function and since its introduction in 1938 by Hertz, Roberts, and Evans (1) a voluminous literature on this subject has developed, much of which has been well summarized by Skanse (2) in his monograph. Although various workers have noted that there is a delayed excretion of the isotope in renal disease which p...

Obesity is associated with several metabolic and endocrine disorders; and changes in plasma concentrations, secretion patterns, and clearance of various hormones are observed in obese patients. In this context, recent research has shown that overweight can influence the function of the thyroid gland, usually leading to increased thyrotropin concentrations and changes in the ratio between the ho...

Sanjad-Sakati Syndrome (SSS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by congenital hypoparathyroidism, growth retardation and dysmorphism. Thyroid status of patients with SSS has not been widely explored. Therefore, we aimed to review the occurrence of autoimmune thyroiditis, which is commonly associated with other genetic disorders, in SSS. A retrospective hospital based study was...

BACKGROUND To investigate thyroid function in preeclamptic patients in comparison with normal pregnant women. METHODS In this analytical cross-sectional study free Thyroxine (T4), and Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) levels were measured in 100 preeclamptic patients and were compared with Free T4 and TSH levels in 101 normal pregnant women in their third trimester of pregnancy. Patients with...

Hypothyroidism is one of the common diseases worldwide that occurs when thyroid gland unable to produce enough hormone for body's metabolic needs. Thyroid hormones play a critical role in activity brain, and hypothyroidism has important effects on neuropsychiatric function. The incidence depressive syndrome higher patients with hypothyroidism. However, mechanism depression other psychiatric dis...

Widespread use of improved measurements for serum thyroid hormones and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) has resulted in characterization of the syndromes of subclinical hypothyroidism, characterized by normal free T4 estimate and raised serum TSH, and subclinical hyperthyroidism, in which patients have normal serum free T4 estimate and decreased serum TSH. Therapy for these two disorders in ge...