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HIGH INCIDENCE OF NORMAL THYROID GLAND VOLUME IN PATIENTS WITH GRAVES' DISEASE
Author(s) -
HEGEDÜS L.,
HANSEN J. MØCSLHOLM,
KARSTRUP S.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1983.tb00037.x
Subject(s) - thyroid , medicine , thyroid function , endocrinology , graves' disease , wolff–chaikoff effect , incidence (geometry) , thyroid function tests , physics , optics
SUMMARY Thyroid function and thyroid gland volume, ultrasonically determined, were investigated in ninety consecutive untreated patients with GRAVES' disease. Twenty‐eight patients (31%) had no clinically detectable goitre. Median thyroid gland volume was 31 ml (range 12–99 ml). Twenty‐one patients (23%) had a normal calculated thyroid volume. Thyroid volume did not correlate with any measure of thyroid function. The lack of a goitre in a large portion of patients with GRAVES' disease could be responsible for delayed diagnosis and subsequent treatment of these patients.