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Thyroid Pathology

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Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands

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The normal thyroid is a bilobed gland, connected by an isthmus. It is encased by a thin capsule, which does not strip easily and contains sizable venous channels. The weight of normal thyroid in the United States ranges from 10 to 20 g. The follicle is the functional unit of the thyroid and averages about 20 μm in diameter. A thyroid lobule consists of 20–40 follicles bound together by a thin sheath of connective tissue and supplied by a lobular artery. The thyroid follicles are formed by a single layer of low cuboidal epithelium (Fig. 21.1). The nucleus of the follicular cell is round to ovoid in shape; it is usually centrally placed with an inconspicuous nucleolus.

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