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euthyroid goiter

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euthyroid goiter
Endocrinology A goiter–enlarged thyroid–caused by a paucity of iodine in the diet, which triggers compensatory hyperplasia of functionally normal thyroid tissue. See Goiter.


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Radioactive iodine (I-131) has been used, primarily in Europe, to decrease thyroid volume in patients with euthyroid goiters (40-60% volume reduction).
The most recent case occurred in a 46year-old woman who had euthyroid goiter.
We report the detailed pathologic and immunophenotypic features of a case of PCG of the thyroid in a 46-year-old woman with a long history of euthyroid goiter and a strong family history of goiter, and we present a comprehensive review of the literature.
 
 
 
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