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Hashimoto's thyroiditis surgery

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Furqan M M. M.B.B.S[2]

Overview

Thyroidectomy is usually performed when the enlarged thyroid produces cervical compression symptoms and there is a high suspicion for malignancy.

Surgery

Thyroidectomy is the surgical procedure performed for the enlarged thyroid usually in the following cases:[1]

  1. Thyroid nodule suspicious for malignancy on cytology
  2. Cervical compression
  3. Cosmetic reasons

Patients usually need lifelong synthetic levothyroxine after thyroidectomy.

References

  1. ↑ Caturegli P, De Remigis A, Rose NR (2014). “Hashimoto thyroiditis: clinical and diagnostic criteria”. Autoimmun Rev. 13 (4–5): 391–7. doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2014.01.007. PMID 24434360.

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