Differential Diagnosis for Enlarged Thyroid Gland in Elderly

23 possible diagnoses found. Too many? Narrow results

• Trauma Causes

  • Thyroid gland injury/trauma

• Neoplastic Disorders

  • Toxic thyroid adenoma/autonomous
  • Adenocarcinoma, thyroid follicular
  • Carcinoma, medullary, thyroid
  • Carcinoma, papillary, thyroid
  • Carcinoma, thyroid, anaplastic
  • Thyroid adenoma
  • Thyroid adenoma, follicular
  • Thyroid adenoma, papillary
  • Thyroid lymphoma
  • Thyroid malignancy/carcinoma
  • Carcinoma, Hurthle cell/thyroid

• Allergic, Collagen, Auto-Immune Disorders

  • Silent thyroiditis
  • Thyroiditis, Hashimoto's
  • Thyroiditis

• Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders

  • Thyroid mass/Thyromegaly
  • Thyroid cyst/hemorrhage

• Vegetative, Autonomic, Endocrine Disorders

  • Hyperthyroidism (Graves disease)
  • Hypothyroidism (myxedema)
  • Apathetic thyroid crisis

• Drugs

  • Antithyroid medication
  • Hypothyroidism, iodide
  • Drug induced Goiter