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Thyroid gland preparation

Photograph of a human thyroid gland preparation (showing the positional relationship to the larynx and the trachea). The right and left lobes are shown, as is a third lobe, the pyramidal lobe, extending superiorly from the isthmus. (Source: preparation from 1925 at the Anatomisches Museum der Universität, Basel, Switzerland. Photograph by Mattes 2012. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Germany license.)

Associated Disorders

  • Endocrine ophthalmopathy
  • Graves disease
  • Graves ophthalmopathy
  • Hashimoto thyroiditis
  • Hoffmann syndrome
  • Hyperthyroid myopathy
  • Hypothalamic dysfunction
  • Hypothyroid myopathy
  • Kocher-Debre-Semelaigne syndrome
  • Pituitary dysfunction
  • Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy
  • Thyrotoxic myopathy
  • Thyrotoxic ocular myopathy