Thyroid Disease in Clinical Practice

physieal and mental can distort thyroid func­ Thyroid diseases are common. They indude hyper- and hypothyroidism, enlargement of tion tests so that thyroid dysfunction is dia­ the gland both diffuse and nodular, solitary gnosed inappropriately. This is addressed in nodules both benign and malignant, in­ Chapter 12 with adviee that should de­ crease this occurrence. Because radiation flammatory diseases, rare congenital defects to the thyroid can cause dinieally relevant in structure and inbo