Toxic multinodular goitre

Toxic multinodular goitre

Infobox_Disease
Name = Toxic multinodular goitre


Caption =
DiseasesDB = 13184
ICD10 = ICD10|E|05|2|e|00
ICD9 = ICD9|242.3
ICDO =
OMIM =
MedlinePlus = 000317
eMedicineSubj = med
eMedicineTopic = 920
MeshID =

Toxic multinodular goitre (also known as toxic nodular goitre, toxic nodular struma) is a form of hyperthyroidism - where there is excess production of thyroid hormones.

It is the second most common cause of hyperthyroidism after Graves disease.

ymptoms

Symptoms of toxic multinodular goitre are similar to that of hyperthyroidism, including:
* heat intolerance
* hyperkinesis
* tremor
* irritability
* weight loss
* increased appetite
* goitre (swelling of the thyroid gland)
* tachycardia (high heart rate - above 180 bpm at rest)

Related eponym

Plummer's disease is named after an American physician Henry Stanley Plummer but refers to a single toxic nodule (adenoma) which may present with the background of a suppressed multinodular goitre. [WhoNamedIt2|synd|1094|Plummer's disease eponymously named after WhoNamedIt|doctor|1074|Henry Stanley Plummer]

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.thyroidimaging.com/pic_gozzonod2.htm Photo of patient]
* [http://www.thyroidimaging.com/surg_gozimm2.htm Photo of goitre]


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