Goiter causes
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Overview
Goiter is defined as an enlargement of the thyroid gland.
Causes
- Hashimoto's thyroiditis
- Graves-Basedow disease
- Inborn errors of thyroid hormone synthesis, causing congenital hypothyroidism
- Thyroiditis (acute, chronic)
- Side-effects of pharmacological therapy
- Thyroid cancer