Noun
An enlargement of the thyroid gland, on the anterior part of the neck; bronchocele. It is frequently associated with cretinism, and is most common in mountainous regions, especially in certain parts of Switzerland.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAlso seen, if the patient is hyperthyroid, are more general manifestations, which are due to hyperthyroidism itself and which may be seen in any conditions that cause hyperthyroidism (such as toxic multinodular goitre or even thyroid poisoning). Source: Internet
Around this time Pliny referred to epidemics of goitre in the Alps and also mentioned the use of burnt seaweed in their treatment, in the same way as the Chinese had done 1600 years earlier. Source: Internet
Contributions to Thyroid surgery Thyroid surgery, which was mostly performed as treatment of goitre with a complete thyroidectomy when possible, was considered a risky procedure when Kocher started his work. Source: Internet
Early reports, not widely circulated, of cases of goitre with exophthalmos were published by the Italians Giuseppe Flajina Flajani, G. Sopra un tumor freddo nell'anterior parte del collo broncocele. Source: Internet
If goitre is caused by iodine deficiency, small doses of iodide in the form of Lugol's Iodine or KI solution are given. Source: Internet
Page 134. One Chinese book, The Pharmacopoeia of the Heavenly Husbandman, asserted that iodine-rich sargassum was used to treat goitre patients by the 1st century BC, but this book was written much later. Source: Internet