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Therapeutic options in the management of toxic and nontoxic nodular goiter.
Seminars in Nuclear Medicine 2000 April
Nodular goiter is present in 500 to 600 million people and is usually secondary to endemic iodine deficiency. Despite adequate iodine intake, 4% to 6% of American adults are goitrous. Sporadic nodular goiter ensues from the natural heterogeneity of thyroid follicular cells, which, when amplified by yet unidentified trophic stimuli, results in episodes of proliferating, rapidly dividing micronodules. The initial small diffuse goiter evolves into a multinodular goiter (MNG) with 1 or more dominant nodules that may or may not be autonomous. An autonomous functioning thyroid adenoma (AFTA) usually possesses a somatic gain-of-function mutation of the thyrotropin (TSH) receptor associated with rapid growth, hemorrhagic necrosis, and reparative fibrosis that accentuate goiter nodularity. Diagnostic evaluation consists of patient history and physical examination, serum TSH determination, free thyroxine and free triiodothyronine measurements, and imaging studies assessing goiter function, size, and anatomy. If treatment is required, L-thyroxine, thionamides, surgery, radioiodine (I-131), and percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) are effective in selected patients. In euthyroid patients, L-thyroxine reduces goiter size in some patients, but continued therapy is required to prevent regrowth. Thionamides control the hyperthyroidism of toxic nodular goiter in preparation for more definitive therapy, but are rarely used long term. Surgery and I-131 are most commonly selected for definitive therapy for the toxic AFTA, and the toxic or euthyroid MNG, but PEI is effective in selected toxic AFTAs.
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