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Thyroid mass causes
Introduction
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | Iodide, Propylthiouracil |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | Multinodular goiter, Grave’s Disease, Thyroiditis, Thyrotoxicosis, Thyroid adenoma, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Colloid goiter |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | Necrotizing fasciitis |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic |
Malignant Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2a, Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2b, Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, Follicular thyroid cancer, Papillary thyroid cancer, Medullary thyroid cancer, Anaplastic thyroid cancer, Hurthle cell carcinoma |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | Hematoma |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor, Granuloma annulare |
Reference
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]