This article, the third in an eight-part series on the endocrine system, examines the anatomy and physiology of the thyroid and parathyroid glands, and the pathophysiology associated with some common ...

Here’s everything you need to know about the endocrine system, its function, anatomy, and how to keep ... pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands. These organs and glands create ...

Huntsman Cancer Institute’s Thyroid & Parathyroid Tumor Program provides comprehensive, compassionate, state-of-the-art care for people with these cancers. Our experts treat and diagnose all types of ...

Directly behind the thyroid sit four parathyroid glands ... operating table surgeons have only their eyes and knowledge of anatomy to help them distinguish these important glands from other ...

Parathyroid problems masquerade as common problems of many other organs, misleading many medical specialists. The parathyroid ...

Mohamad Sidani, M.D., is an endocrine surgeon who specializes in thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal disorders at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine and Texas Tech ...

There are four parathyroid glands, and they are normally about the size and shape of a grain of rice. They're usually behind the thyroid. In rare cases, the parathyroid glands exist in your ...

Because our experts see so many people with thyroid and parathyroid cancer, we have a deep understanding of how to evaluate your condition and how to select and combine treatments to get the best ...

Scarless transoral thyroidectomy or transoral vestibular approach (TOVA) allows for the safe and total removal of the thyroid or parathyroid glands with absolutely no external scarring to the neck. Of ...

The parathyroid glands are four tiny glands that, like the thyroid, are in the neck but closer to the spine. They make parathyroid hormone (PTH), which regulates levels of calcium and other ...

This article, the third in an eight-part series on the endocrine system, examines the anatomy and physiology of the thyroid and parathyroid glands, and the pathophysiology associated with some common ...