Osteitis fibrosa cystica is a bone disease that happens when very high levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH) from hyperparathyroidism make your body remove too ...

Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (PPHP) is a rare inherited disorder where a person looks like they have pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) but their blood tests for ...

Pseudohypoparathyroidism (often shortened to PHP) is a rare genetic hormone problem where the body does not respond properly to parathyroid hormone (PTH). PTH ...

A colloid nodule is a benign (non-cancerous) lump in the thyroid gland that is filled with thick, jelly-like material called colloid. The thyroid is a small ...

A thyroid nodule is a small lump or growth inside the thyroid gland, which sits in the front of the neck. It is a “discrete” area of tissue that looks ...

Toxic multinodular goiter is a thyroid disease where the thyroid gland is enlarged and full of many small lumps (nodules), and several of these nodules make ...

Toxic nodular goiter is a thyroid disease where one or more lumps (nodules) in the thyroid gland make too much thyroid hormone by themselves, without listening ...

Endemic goitre is a long-term swelling of the thyroid gland that happens in many people who live in the same area, usually because their diet does not contain ...

Graves’ ophthalmopathy is an eye problem that happens when the body’s immune system attacks the tissues around the eyes, usually in people who also have ...

Dalrymple’s sign is a medical eye sign. It means that the upper eyelid is pulled up too high, so the opening between the lids looks very wide and more of the ...

Boston’s sign is a special eye sign seen in people with thyroid eye disease, most often in Graves’ disease. It means that when the person looks down, the upper ...

Abadie’s sign of exophthalmic goiter is a special eye sign seen in people with Graves’ disease, which is a form of exophthalmic goiter (autoimmune ...