The table below broadly summarizes the disorders of the thyroid gland based on new tissue growth (neoplasms), autoimmune mechanisms, and levels of hormone production.
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Neoplasms
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Autoimmunity
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Insufficiency
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Hyperproduction
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Thyroid cancer
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Graves’ disease
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Hypothyroidism
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Hyperthyroidism
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Goiter
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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
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1º hypothyroidism
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1º hyperthyroidism
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Nodules
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Other autoimmune disorders
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2° hypothyroidism
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2° hyperthyroidism
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