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Toxic Goiter: a Clinical & Demographic Study | ||
| Mustansiriya Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-19 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mazin Abdul Sahib Shakir; Mohammed H. Al-Alwan | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract A prospective study was conducted at Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, during the period January 2002 to October 2004, to describe the demographic distribution and clinical assessment of patients with toxic goiter. There were 42 patients with toxic goiter out of 225 patients with goiter who were operated on. The incidence of thyrotoxicosis was 18.67% .Toxic nodular goiter represents 78.57%, Grave’s disease represents 14.29% and toxic adenoma represents 7.14% of thyrotoxic patients. Palpitation was the most frequent presenting symptoms 92.86%. | ||
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