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- Title
Approach to goitre in family medicine practice.
- Authors
Jocelyn Ling Sui Yeo; Wen Min Yong, Nicole Therese; Mahendran, Dinesh Carl Junis; Khng Chia, Clement Luck; Sui Yeo, Jocelyn Ling; Min Yong, Nicole Therese Wen; Junis Mahendran, Dinesh Carl
- Abstract
The article reports that goitre is an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland and it can present either as a solitary nodule or diffuse enlargement and may be associated with symptoms of hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism. Topics include examines Goitre is a common condition in primary care practice and it can be presented as a complaint of a neck lump with or without associated mass effect such as dysphagia, stridor or dysphonia.
- Subjects
FAMILY medicine
- Publication
Singapore Medical Journal, 2022, Vol 63, Issue 10, p604
- ISSN
0037-5675
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/SINGAPOREMEDJ.SMJ-2021-091