INTRODUCTION It is important to know the size of the thyroid gland, and its normal value may vary among different geographic regions. OBJECTIVE In this study, we aimed to establish reference ranges for thyroid volume in euthyroid adults and to compare these results with the literature data. METHODS Between June 2011 and June 2012,461 patients with normal laboratory results (serum TSH, anti-...

OBJECTIVE To study the relative importance of determinants of thyroid volume. DESIGN Cross-sectional study on a sample of subjects issued from the SU.VI.MAX cohort. SUBJECTS 2987 French subjects (1713 women aged 35-60 years and 1274 men aged 45-60 years). None of them had previous or present thyroid disease. MEASUREMENTS Thyroid volume was determined by ultrasound. Serum TSH and free thyr...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study is to evaluate the possible predictors of thyroid disorders after neck radiotherapy, with a focus on radiation dose-volume factors. METHODS Thyroid function was measured in 100 patients who had received radiotherapy to the neck, including the thyroid. All radiation-induced thyroid dysfunctions were determined with an endpoint of abnormal thyroid stimulat...

OBJECTIVE Thyroid volume and the prevalence of thyroid nodules are higher in patients with insulin resistance. A relationship between thyroid volume and glucose metabolism disorders (GMD) has not as yet been clarified. The present retrospective study aimed to investigate the association between GMD and thyroid volume. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We investigated the data of 2,630 patients who were ev...

According to the published data, endemic goiter was until recently, still present in some regions in Croatia. In this study the thyroid volume in grown-up, student population was measured. It was also analyzed which of the several traditional physiological attributes (body weight, body height, and body surface area (BSA)) were best correlated with the thyroid volume. Fifty one randomly selected...

We report a case of multinodular thyroid goiter in an 80-year-old man who successfully underwent tracheal stent placement for respiratory distress caused by the thyroid goiter and following two radiofrequency (RF) ablation sessions performed for thyroid volume reduction. This sequential treatment allowed elective stent removals four weeks after the second RF ablation session because the thyroid...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between selenium status, thyroid Volume and gland echostructure. DESIGN Cross-sectional. METHODS In 792 men (45-60 Years) and 1108 women (35-60 Years) from the SU.VI.MAX study, thyroid Volume and gland echostructure were determined ultrasonographically. At baseline, thyrotropin, free thyroxine, selenium, zinc, alpha-tocopherol, beta-carotene, retino...