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Thyroid Enlargement from Newborn to Adolescent

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Thyroid Diseases in Childhood

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A thyroid enlargement, i.e., a goiter, may be due to many causes both congenital and acquired and could be detected at any age during childhood and adolescence. Goiters can be diffuse or nodular and associated with normal or altered thyroid function. The most common pediatric thyroid diseases in which the goiter can represent a clinical feature were discussed. The goiters were also defined according to the age of presentation (neonatal goiters and goiters in children and adolescents). Lastly, an algorithm for the diagnostic approach to the most common causes of diffuse goiters in the pediatric age was presented.

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    Alessandra Cassio, Milva O. Bal, Ilaria Bettocchi & Federico Baronio

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Cassio, A., Bal, M.O., Bettocchi, I., Baronio, F. (2015). Thyroid Enlargement from Newborn to Adolescent. In: Bona, G., De Luca, F., Monzani, A. (eds) Thyroid Diseases in Childhood. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19213-0_14

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