Clinical Focus Series: Disorders of Thyroid

Part of the Clinical Focus series, this book is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of thyroid disorders.

Divided into sixteen chapters, the book covers numerous disorders including hypothyroidism, Grave?s thyrotoxicosis, hyperthyroidism, thyroid nodules and cancer, and much more.

Imaging and both medical and surgical treatment of thyroid disorders are discussed in depth, and the final sections of the book are dedicated to hypothyroidism in pregnancy, in juveniles, and in newborns.

Written by experts in the field, led by Prof Romesh Khardori from Eastern Virginia Medical School, this practical guide is further enhanced by images and illustrations.

Key points

• Comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of thyroid disorders
• Covers numerous disorders, including those in pregnancy, in juveniles and newborns
• In depth discussion on thyroid imaging and both medical and surgical treatment
• Internationally recognised author team

1. Hypothyroidism
2. Grave’s thyrotoxicosis
3. Hypothyroidism in pregnancy
4. Approach to thyroid nodules & cancer
5. Thyroidites
6. Depression and Hypothyroidism
7. Sub clinical Hyperthyroidism
8. Sub clinical Hypothyroidism
9. Imaging of Thyroid
10. Surgery & Thyroid
11. Thyroid hormone resistance
12. Interpreting thyroid hormone results
13. Thyroid ophthalmopathy
14. Juvenile Hypothyroidism
15. Neonatal Hypothyroidism
16. Sick Euthyroid syndrome

Romesh Khardori MD PhD FRCP(C) FACP
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Strelitz Centre for Diabetes, Endocrine, and Metabolic Disorders, Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

KM Prasanna Kumar MD DM
Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist, Bengaluru Diabetes Hospital and Centre for Diabetes and Endocrine Care, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India