Hurthle Cell Thyroid Cancer: The Uncommon Diagnosis with Its Own Rules
Hurthle cell thyroid cancer, now also called oncocytic carcinoma, is an uncommon thyroid cancer that historically was grouped with…
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Low Calcium After Thyroid Surgery: Temporary vs. Permanent Hypocalcemia Explained
Low calcium after thyroid surgery is one of the most common complications and one of the most often misunderstood. Most low calcium after…
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Incidental Thyroid Nodule: Found on a CT or MRI You Had for Something Else
A thyroid nodule found by accident on a scan done for another reason is called an incidental thyroid nodule, or an “incidentaloma”. It is…
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Life After RFA: What Months 1, 6, and 12 Look Like
Unlike surgery, which produces an immediately visible result, radiofrequency ablation (RFA) produces a result that unfolds over months. The…
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Life After Thyroid Surgery: Levothyroxine and What Living Without a Thyroid Really Looks Like
Before surgery, most patients getting a total thyroidectomy ask the same question: what is life like without a thyroid? The answer is that…
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Why My Voice Still Sounds Different Months After Thyroid Surgery
Most voice changes after thyroid surgery resolve within several weeks. A small subset of patients notice that the voice still sounds…
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Medullary Thyroid Cancer: The Calcitonin Cancer and Why It Is Treated Differently
Medullary thyroid cancer is uncommon, accounting for only 3 to 5% of thyroid cancer diagnoses, but it is fundamentally different from the…
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MEN1 Syndrome and Parathyroid Disease
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is an inherited genetic syndrome that causes tumors in three endocrine systems: parathyroid,…
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MEN2: Medullary Thyroid Cancer and the Parathyroids
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) is an inherited syndrome caused by mutations in the RET proto-oncogene. It predisposes affected…
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