The endocrine system comprises glands and tissues that produce hormones to regulate and coordinate vital bodily functions. This article, the third in an eight-part series on the endocrine system, ...

New imaging contrast agents light up thyroid and parathyroid glands during surgery Date: July 20, 2015 Source: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Summary: Two near ...

Historically, the approach to thyroid surgery was to identify the recurrent laryngeal nerve early all along its length and remove tissue medial to the gland while attempting to preserve parathyroid ...

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare illness, and the disease afflicting the thyroid gland is very uncommon, even in the presence of multisystem involvement. In this report, we document ...

This is a unique situation of two concordant false positive parathyroid adenoma localization scans, 99mTc sestimibi and ultrasound, of a metastatic node of papillary thyroid carcinoma with a false ...

A parathyroid adenoma is a benign tumor on one of your parathyroid glands. These are four very small glands located near or at the back of your thyroid gland. They produce parathyroid hormone (PTH ...

Endocrine: MEN2 causes tumors in the endocrine glands, most often in the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands. Neoplasia: This refers to uncontrolled and abnormal cell growth or tumors.

Your parathyroid glands are four tiny glands located at the four corners of your thyroid gland. They are about the size of a pea and produce hormones to regulate the calcium levels in your blood and ...

The weight of the adult thyroid gland varies between 15g and 30g, and each of the major lobes is around 4cm long and 2cm wide (Benvenga et al, 2018; Dorion, 2017). Embedded in the posterior portion of ...