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| {{Papillary thyroid cancer}}
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| {{CMG}}; {{AE}} {{Ammu}}; {{AJL}}
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| ==Overview==
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| ==Discovery==
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| *The most evident sign of [[thyroid]] pathology is goiter, which used to be referred to bronchocoele.
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| *In 1656, Thomas Wharton named the gland the “[[thyroid]],” referring to its shield-like shape.
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| *In 1811, Bernard Courtois discovered iodine and in 1813, W. Prout used iodine to treat [[thyroid]] goiter.
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| *In 1835, James Graves provided the primary description of exophthalmic goiter.
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| *In 1833, Allan Burns and Gaspard Bayle distinguished thyroid cancer from goiter.<ref name="thyroidbook1">Greene F, Komorowski A. Clinical Approach To Well-Differentited Thyroid Cancers. Delhi, India: Byworld Books; 2012.<<references/>
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| ===Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies===
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| *In 1880, Ludwig Rehn preformed the first total [[thyroidectomy]].
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| *In 1885, J. Mikulicz-Radecki preformed the first subtotal [[thyroidectomy]].
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| *In 1934, Frederic and Irene Joliot-Curie discovered radioactive iodine isotope, which catalyzed diagnosis and treatment methods for [[thyroid]] diseases.
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| [[Category:Endocrine system]]
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| [[Category:Endocrinology]]
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| [[Category:Otolaryngology]]
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| [[Category:Disease]]
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| [[Category:Genetic disorders]]
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| [[Category:Types of cancer]]
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| [[Category:Hereditary cancers]]
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| [[Category:Thyroid disease]]
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| [[Category:Primary care]]
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