The presence, position, extent, relationships to neighboring structures and size of the human pyramidal lobe were investigated in 58 human post-mortem specimens in order to determine the variability of this structure. The pyramidal lobe is found in 55.2% of cases as a single conical extension of the thyroid gland. It was present more often in male (53.1%) than in female (46.9%) specimens and lo...

A 35-year-old woman became aware of a swelling in her neck about ten weeks before referral. She had been trying to conceive for ten months. She had had a missed abortion fi ve months earlier. Because of the neck swelling, her family doctor arranged thyroid function tests, which were in the thyrotoxic range on two occasions fi ve weeks apart: serum free thyroxine, 26 and 28 pmol/l (normal range,...

Background. Performing thyroid organ-sparing surgery primarily aims to preserve the quality of life. Organ-sparing should be understood as hemithyroidectomy with mandatory removal isthmus and pyramidal lobe (if present). The choice one or another concept prescribing hormone replacement therapy remains debatable. purpose study is determine proportion patients who do not need levothyroxine after ...