Thyroid nodules develop when thyroid cells build up in the thyroid gland. Some people will discover a cyst by feeling it in their neck; however, most people will not know they have a thyroid ...

Thyroid cancer develops when abnormal cells change or mutate in the tissues of your thyroid gland. The abnormal (cancer) cells begin multiplying and, once there are enough of them, they form a ...

Other causes include: nodules, which are abnormal clusters of thyroid cells within the gland Plummer’s disease, also known as toxic nodular goiter, which is more common in women and people over ...

These antibodies then attach to healthy thyroid cells. They can cause your thyroid to create too much thyroid hormone. Thyroid hormones affect many aspects of body processes, including nervous ...

“Poorly differentiated” refers to cancer cells that have more abnormalities and look less like normal cancer cells. Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer is uncommon, accounting for fewer than 5% of ...