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ArticleEuropean thyroid journal2012

Single lobe disease in cases of advanced endemic goiter: a new phenotype.

Omar Abdul Hameed Ali, Abdul Fatah Abdul Gadir

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Omar Abdul Hameed AliDepartment of Surgery, University Charity and Teaching Hospital and Khartoum Breast Care Center, Khartoum, Sudan.
Abdul Fatah Abdul GadirDepartment of Pathology, University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan.

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objectivesTo report a new phenotype of advanced endemic goiter that affects only one lobe of the thyroid gland. PATIENTS AND

methodsThis study included 60 patients from the west of Sudan with long-standing unilateral simple endemic goiter that required obectomy, with emphasis on the gross appearance, measurements and cytological features of the contralateral lobe.

resultsOut of 60 patients with unilateral goiter, 50 (83%) were found to have the disease on the ipsilateral lobe only (monolobar goiter). The contralateral lobe in these 50 patients showed no nodularity, and its volume was within the normal limits. All patients with monolobar disease had total lobectomy on the affected side, and postoperatively they continued to have normal blood levels of T3, T4 and TSH.

conclusionWe report a new phenotype of advanced endemic goiter that affects only one lobe of the thyroid gland, and in the presence of a structurally and functionally normal contralateral lobe.

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Endemic goiterMonolobar goiterUnilateral goiter

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PMID24783020
PMCPMC3821475

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