The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회지)

The Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회)
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Clinical Studies of Simple Goiter

단순성갑상선종(單純性甲狀腺腫)에 관(關)한 임상적연구(臨床的硏究)

  • Kim, Suk-Keun (Department of Internal Medicine, Han-Il Hospital) ;
  • Choi, Jae-Duk (Department of Internal Medicine, Han-Il Hospital) ;
  • Ahn, Ki-Joo (Department of Internal Medicine, Han-Il Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Chong-Suk (Department of Internal Medicine, Han-Il Hospital) ;
  • Choi, Il-Young (Department of Internal Medicine, Han-Il Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Min-Jae (Department of Internal Medicine, Han-Il Hospital)
  • 김석근 (한일병원 내과) ;
  • 최재득 (한일병원 내과) ;
  • 안기주 (한일병원 내과) ;
  • 이종석 (한일병원 내과) ;
  • 최일영 (한일병원 내과) ;
  • 이민재 (한일병원 내과)
  • Published : 1968.05.01
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Abstract

Presented here are the results for clinical study on 65 cases of simple goiter the author treated during the period of 4 years and 10 months from Jan. 1963 through Oct. 1967 at the Seoul National University Hospital and Han-Il Hospital. It had been customary to classify simple goiter, according to the gross morphological characteristics of the thyroid gland, as diffuse and nodular type. This paper attempts to investigate the histopathological changes and treatment of simple goiter respectively. Sixty five cases of simple goiter were classified into 4 types; namely degenerative type was 20 cases (30.8%), proliferative type was 7 cases (10..8%), colloidal type was 24 cases (36.9%) and cyst formation with degeneration was 14 cases (21.5%), on the basis of histopathological findings. Thus, it is essential that simple goiter should be differentiated from thyroid tumors as soon as practicable. The effectiveness of medical treatment with desicated thyroid and autohemotherapy for certain simple goiter are also discussed.

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