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Iodo e Tiróide: O que o Clínico Deve Saber

A Organização Mundial de Saúde considera a carência de iodo como a principal causa mundial evitável de doenças mentais e do desenvolvimento, estimando que cerca de 13% da população mundial esteja afectada por doenças causadas pela falta de iodo. O iodo é um oligoelemento necessário na síntese de hormonas tiroideias que, uma vez que não pode ser formado pelo organismo, tem de ser ingerido regularmente com a alim...

Iodine Intake in Portuguese School Children

Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate iodine intake in portuguese school children in order to inform health authorities of eventual measures to be implemented. Introduction: Iodine is the key element for thyroid hormone synthesis and its deficiency even mild, as found in other European countries, may have deleterious effects in pregnancy resulting in cognitive problems of offsprings. In Portug...

Diagnosis and Treatment of Solitary thyroid nodule – Study and Evaluation in Po...

Introduction – The best diagnostic and treatment strategy for an approach to the nodular thyroid disease continues to be a controversial issue. Objectives – The aim of this study was to characterise medical practice in the diagnosis and treatment of nodular thyroid disease by endocrinologists and surgeons in Portugal in 2002. Methods – A questionnaire based on that used by the European Thyroid Association and t...

Treatment and follow up protocol in differentiated thyroid carcinomas of follic...

Differentiated thyroid carcinoma of follicular origin (DTCFO), although not very frequent, has registered a raising incidence in the last decades. In the majority of the cases, DTCFO is a curable disease when treated and monitored by experienced, multidisciplinary teams. These factors contribute to an increasing number of DTCFO survivors requiring life-long monitoring, due to the possibility of occurrence of re...

Thyroid diseases.