Your thyroid has two lobes, left and right, connected by a thin piece of tissue. If it’s healthy, each lobe is about the size of a quarter and you won’t see or feel it under your skin.

A thyroidectomy is when all or part of the thyroid gland is removed. A lobectomy is when one of the two lobes of your thyroid is removed. If the cancer has spread, lymph nodes in the neck area may ...

The parathyroid glands are two pairs of small oval-shaped glands located in the front and the base of the neck, adjacent to the two lobes of the thyroid gland. They secrete parathyroid hormone ...

Eun Lee, MD Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) prompts the thyroid gland to increase hormone production. Your body uses TSH to ...

The incidence of hypothyroidism after partial thyroidectomy could be at least 10.9%, according to the findings of a retrospective analysis performed by a group from Melbourne, Australia.

The thyroid is a gland that is a butterfly in shape. It is present below the Adam's apple. It has two lobes; right lobe and left lobe. Each lobe lies on either side of the windpipe and a muscle ...

nontender thyroid gland with 1 cm hard nodule over the left thyroid lobe. No exophthalmos or skin changes were noted and the physical examination was otherwise normal. Laboratory testing showed ...

This trial is comparing removing all the thyroid with removing only the side (lobe) that the cancer is in. Around 9 in 10 (91.4%) of people diagnosed with thyroid cancer in England survive their ...

RFA For Life is pleased to announce that the American Medical Association (AMA) has established new Category 1 CPT® codes for thyroid nodule radiofrequency ablation (RFA), effective January 2025. The ...

The chest X-ray shows diffuse interstitial changes, sometimes with a predilection for the upper lobes. Thyroid toxicity in the setting of amiodarone therapy can be either hyperthyroidism or ...