Terms Related to Desiccated Thyroid Gland

• Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone

  A peptide hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary. It promotes the growth of the thyroid gland and stimulates the synthesis of thyroid hormones and the ...

• Papillary Adenocarcinoma

  An adenocarcinoma containing finger-like processes of vascular connective tissue covered by neoplastic epithelium, projecting into cysts or the cavity of glands or follicles. It occurs ...

• De Quervain Thyroiditis

  Spontaneously remitting inflammatory condition of the thyroid gland characterized by fever, weakness, sore throat, and painful enlargement of the thyroid gland.

• Thyroid Gland

  A highly vascular endocrine gland consisting of two lobes, one on either side of the trachea, joined by a narrow isthmus; it produces the thyroid ...

• Thyroid Nodule

  A small circumscribed mass of differentiated tissue associated with the thyroid gland. It can be pathogenic or non-pathogenic. The growth of nodules can lead to ...

• Thyroidectomy

  Surgical removal of the thyroid gland. (Dorland, 28th ed)

• Thyroid Neoplasm

  Tumors or cancer of the THYROID GLAND.