Goiter causes
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