Thyroid Hemiagenesis
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
;
: 69-71, 2003.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-68194
ABSTRACT
Thyroid anomaly are rare embryological condition. The failure of the development of one lobe leading to unilateral agenesis is the rarest of all the thyroid anomalies, The cause of unilateral agenesis is unknown. Thyroid hemiagenes is common in females (3 1) with the left lobe being absent. The common disease in the remaining lobe is a benign adenoma, a multinodular goiter, hyperthyroidism, chronic thyroiditis, and rarely carcinoma. The most common pathology involved in thyroid hemiagenesis is hyperthyroidism. This report the case of a 57-year-old woman with a right thyroid hemiagenesis.
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Main subject:
Pathology
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Thyroid Gland
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Thyroiditis
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Adenoma
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Goiter
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Hyperthyroidism
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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