MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Definition. A simple goiter is an enlargement of the thyroid gland. It is usually not a tumor or cancer.

Detailed explanation-2: -A goiter is an enlargement of the thyroid, the H-shaped gland that wraps around the front of your windpipe, just below your Adam’s apple. A goiter can be smooth and uniformly enlarged, called diffuse goiter, or it can be caused by one or more nodules within the gland, called nodular goiter.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is a goiter? Goiter is a condition where your thyroid gland grows larger. Your entire thyroid can grow larger or it can develop one or more small lumps called thyroid nodules. Your thyroid gland is a small, butterfly-shaped endocrine gland located in your neck, below your Adam’s apple.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: This autoimmune disease damages your thyroid, causing it to produce too little of its hormones. This can also result in a goiter. Thyroid cancer: Cancer of the thyroid gland can enlarge the organ. Pregnancy: During pregnancy, women produce hormones that can cause the thyroid gland to grow.

Detailed explanation-5: -A goiter can occur in a gland that is producing too much hormone (hyperthyroidism), too little hormone (hypothyroidism), or the correct amount of hormone (euthyroidism). A goiter indicates there is a condition present which is causing the thyroid to grow abnormally.