Thyroid mass causes
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
Causes by Organ System
Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
Dental | No underlying causes |
Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
Drug Side Effect | Iodide, Propylthiouracil |
Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
Endocrine | Multinodular goiter, Grave's Disease, Thyroiditis, Thyrotoxicosis, Thyroid adenoma, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Colloid goiter |
Environmental | No underlying causes |
Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
Genetic | No underlying causes |
Hematologic | No underlying causes |
Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
Infectious Disease | Necrotizing fasciitis |
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, Synovial chondromatosis, Calcinosis universalis, Baker’s cyst, Fibromatosis |
Neurologic | No underlying causes |
Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
Oncologic |
Benign Elastofibroma, Fibroma, Fibrous histiocytoma, Rhabdomyoma, Tenosynovial giant cell tumor, Myositis ossificans(fibrodysplasia ossificans), Myositis ossificans traumatica, Angiomyolipoma, Spindle cell lipoma, Pleomorphic lipoma, Chondroid lipoma, Synovial cyst, Nodular fasciitis, Lymphangioma, Myxoma, Juvenile capillary hemangioma, Multifocal cutaneous neurofibroma, Leiomyoma, Infundibular cyst, Myxoma Malignant Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2a, Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2b, Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, Follicular thyroid cancer, Papillary thyroid cancer, Medullary thyroid cancer, Anaplastic thyroid cancer, Hurthle cell carcinoma Metastatic soft tissue masses Melanoma |
Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | |
Sexual | No underlying causes |
Trauma | Hematoma |
Urologic | No underlying causes |
Miscellaneous | Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor, Granuloma annulare |