Weights of Human Thyroids in New York City

Mochizuki, Yusuke; Mowafy, Rehab E.; Pasternack, Bernard S.

doi:10.1016/b978-1-4832-2890-7.50038-2

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“…The present study indicates that for elderly patients in Harrow the upper limit of normal is 33 g. Younger subjects in the district may have heavier thyroids since the size is generally said to decline after early adult life (Jaffe, 1930;Hellwig, 1935;Rice, 1938). However, this was not apparent in the large series studied by Mortensen et al (1955) and applied only to males in another survey (Mochizuki et al, 1963). The age range in our patients was too restricted to evaluate this possibility.…”

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“…However, in most cases only the mean values for all ages have been compared; when age has been taken into account results are at variance. Jaffe (1930) observed that after the age of 50 the weight in men was greater than in women, whereas others (Mortensen et al, 1955;Mochizuki et al, 1963) found the reverse, although the differences were slight.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…Attempts to define normal thyroid size have produced mean weights for non-nodular glands ranging from 15 to 35 g (Hellwig, 1935;Rice, 1938;Mochizuki et al, 1963). Slightly higher values have been reported in goitre areas (Jaffe, 1930;Hazard and Kaufman, 1952).…”

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A Clinico-Pathological Survey of Thyroid Glands in Old Age

Denham

Wills²

1980

Gerontology

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A quarter of the thyroid glands obtained at post-mortem examination from a group of elderly inpatients were nodular. There was a significant preponderance of women with goitre, but no relationship to age. The incidence of hyperthyroidism was increased in patients with nodular glands. There was no correlation between the weight of the thyroid gland, the age of the patient and the free-thyroxine index. Histological examination of macroscopic ally normal glands showed tiny follicles, microscopic colloid nodules and fibrosis. Nodular glands had the features of long-standing colloid nodular goitre. Focal lymphocytic thyroiditis was observed in a fifth of the glands. Microscopic evidence of altered function was common but could not always be correlated with the results of the thyroid function studies.

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A Clinico-Pathological Survey of Thyroid Glands in Old Age

Denham

Wills²

1980

Gerontology

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“…The size of the thyroid gland was estimated by palpation and classified as normal (up to 20 g), two times normal (30 g), or three times normal (45 g). 13 At six and 12 weeks post partum, the women were again examined, and blood was drawn for thyroid studies. Initially, only a serum thyroxine (T4) assay was performed.…”

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Postpartum Lymphocytic Thyroiditis

Nikolai¹,

Turney²,

Roberts³

1987

Arch Intern Med

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“…Numerous studies report measurements of the thyroid mass obtained by autopsy (Mochizuki et al, 1963;Kereiakes et al, 1965;Kay et al, 1966;Dunning and Schwartz, 1981;Killough and Eckerman, 1986). However, most of the sets of measurements are incomplete, either because some age groups are not covered or because few measurements are available for a specific age group.…”

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