Principles and Practices of Thyroid Gland Disorders

This book is a comprehensive resource providing the latest information on the diagnosis and management of thyroid disorders.Beginning with an overview of thyroid physiology and symptoms and evaluation of thyroid problems, the following chapters discuss many benign and malignant disorders and their medical and surgical management.Complete chapters are dedicated to 'special circumstances' including neonatal and junvenile thyrotoxicosis, and hyper and hypo-thyroidism in pregnancy.In depth coverage of topics such as Graves Disease, Hashimoto Disease, paediatric Graves, and sick euthyroid syndrome, is also provided.Key pointsComprehensive resource providing latest information on diagnosis and management of thyroid disordersCovers numerous benign and malignant conditionsExplains both medical and surgical management techniquesComplete chapters dedicated to 'special circumstances'