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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Goiter is defined as an enlargement of the thyroid gland.

Causes

• Hashimoto's thyroiditis (E06.3)
• Graves-Basedow disease (E05.0)
• Inborn errors of thyroid hormone synthesis, causing congenital hypothyroidism (E03.0)
• Thyroiditis (acute, chronic) (E06)
• Side-effects of pharmacological therapy (E03.2)
• Thyroid cancer