Disorders of thyroid glands

Content

•      
Thyroid
gland

•       Disorders of thyroid glands

•       Hyperthyroidism

•       Hypothyroidism

•       Goiter

•       Thyroiditis

•       Etiology and clinical features

•       Thyroid cancer

Objective

At the end of the PDF Notes, the students will
be able to

•       Define  Thyroid gland and disorders of thyroid glands

•       Discuss  the etiology and clinical features
Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism

•       Etiopathogenesis and clinical
features of goiter and thyroiditis

•       Briefly explain thyroid cancer

Thyroid Disease

Thyroid
Gland

•       The thyroid gland in an adult weighs
15-40 gm and is composed of two lateral lobes connected in the midline by a
broad isthmus which may have a pyramidal lobe extending upwards