CONTENTS
Contributors  vii
Preface to the Eleventh Edition  xv
Preface to the First Edition  xvii
section I
The Normal Thyroid  1
A. History, Development, Anatomy  1
chapter 1 The heritage of the thyroid: A brief history  1
Peter A. Kopp
chapter 2 Development and anatomy of the hypothalamic–pituitary–thyroid axis  9
Pilar Santisteban and Sabine Costagliola
B. Thyroid Hormone Synthesis and Secretion  39
chapter 3 Thyroid hormone synthesis: Thyroid iodide transport  39
Nancy Carrasco
chapter 4 Thyroid hormone synthesis  59
Peter A. Kopp
C. Peripheral Thyroid Hormone Binding and Metabolism  86
chapter 5 Thyroid hormone transport proteins  86
David Halsall and Carla Moran
chapter 6 Intracellular pathways of iodothyronine metabolism/implications of deiodination  
for thyroid hormone action  97
Antonio C. Bianco and Brian W. Kim
D. Thyroid Hormone Action  128
chapter 7 Intracellular actions by thyroid hormones  128
Paul M. Yen, Gregory A. Brent, and Anthony N. Hollenberg
chapter 8 Thyroid hormone structure–function relationships  143
Riccardo Zucchi
E. Factors That Control Thyroid Function  157
chapter 9 Chemistry and biosynthesis of thyrotropin  157
Ronald N. Cohen, Anthony N. Hollenberg, and Fredric E. Wondisford
chapter 10 The thyrotropin receptor  174
Gilbert Vassart and Patrice Rodien
chapter 11 Aging and the thyroid  183
Anne R. Cappola
chapter 12 Effects of drugs on TSH secretion, thyroid hormones’ absorption, synthesis,  
metabolism, and action  187
David H. Sarne
chapter 13 Thyroid disruptors  203
Angela M. Leung
chapter 14 Nonthyroidal illness syndrome  214
Anita Boelen, Lies Langouche, Wilmar Wiersinga, and Greet Van den Berghe
chapter 15 Iodine deficiency and excess, endemic cretinism  230
Michael B. Zimmermann and Weiping Tengxx Contents
section II
Assessment of Thyroid Structure and Function  259
chapter 16 Physical examination of the thyroid gland  259
James V. Hennessey and Jeffrey R. Garber
chapter 17 Laboratory measurement of thyroid-related hormones, proteins, and autoantibodies in serum  267
Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen
chapter 18 Nonisotopic thyroid imaging  300
Gilles Russ and Jung Hwan Baek
chapter 19 Thyroid radionuclide uptake and imaging studies  310
Daniel A. Pryma
chapter 20 Cytopathology of the thyroid gland  321
Zubair W. Baloch and Virginia A. Livolsi
chapter 21 Histopathology of the thyroid gland  332
Zubair W. Baloch and Virginia A. Livolsi
section III
Thyroid Diseases: Thyrotoxicosis  353
A. Causes of Thyrotoxicosis  353
chapter 22 Pathogenesis of Graves disease  353
Terry F . Davies and Yaron Tomer
chapter 23 Thyrotropin-induced thyrotoxicosis  370
Paolo Beck-Peccoz, Andrea Lania, and Luca Persani
chapter 24 Toxic adenoma and toxic multinodular goiter  378
Ralf Paschke
chapter 25 Trophoblastic tumors  389
Jerome M. Hershman
chapter 26 Sporadic painless, painful subacute and acute infectious thyroiditis  395
Alan P . Farwell and Elizabeth N. Pearce
chapter 27 Thyrotoxicosis of extrathyroidal origin  414
Angela M. Leung
B. Organ System Manifestations  419
chapter 28 Overview of the clinical manifestations of thyrotoxicosis  419
Henry B. Burch
chapter 29 Ophthalmopathy  427
Luigi Bartalena
chapter 30 The cardiovascular system in thyrotoxicosis  438
Salman Razvi
chapter 31 Thyroid hormones in intermediary metabolism, thermogenesis, and obesity  446
Francesco S. Celi
chapter 32 The skeletal system in thyrotoxicosis  454
Bernard Freudenthal, Laura Watts, Graham R. Williams, and J. H. Duncan Bassett
chapter 33 Thyroid dermopathy and thyroid acropachy  463
Vahab Fatourechi
chapter 34 Psychiatric and cognitive effects of thyrotoxicosis  476
Mary H. Samuels and Kathryn G. Schuff
chapter 35 Thyrotoxic storm  482
Leonard Wartofsky and Kenneth D. Burman
C. Diagnosis and Management of Thyrotoxicosis  489
chapter 36 Diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis  489
Paul W. Ladenson
chapter 37 Treatment of thyrotoxicosis  495
David S. Cooper
chapter 38 Subclinical thyrotoxicosis  524
Kristien BoelaertContents xxi
section IV
Thyroid Diseases: Hypothyroidism  531
A. Causes of Hypothyroidism  531
chapter 39 Chronic autoimmune thyroiditis  531
Anthony P . Weetman
chapter 40 Genetic defects causing hypothyroidism  543
N. Schoenmakers
chapter 41 Primary hypothyroidism due to other causes  555
Caroline T. Nguyen and Peter A. Singer
chapter 42 Central hypothyroidism  566
Luca Persani and Paolo Beck-Peccoz
B. Organ System Manifestations of Hypothyroidism  575
chapter 43 Overview of the clinical manifestations of hypothyroidism  575
Michael T. McDermott
chapter 44 Hypothyroidism and the heart  584
Salman Razvi
chapter 45 The skeletal system in hypothyroidism  592
Laura Watts, Bernard Freudenthal, J.H. Duncan Bassett, and Graham R. Williams
chapter 46 Psychiatric and cognitive effects of hypothyroidism  599
Kathryn G. Schuff and Mary H. Samuels
chapter 47 Myxedema Coma  605
Kenneth D. Burman and Leonard Wartofsky
C. Management of Hypothyroidism  612
chapter 48 Diagnosis of hypothyroidism  612
Paul W. Ladenson
chapter 49 Treatment of hypothyroidism  618
Jacqueline Jonklaas
chapter 50 Subclinical hypothyroidism  635
Robin P . Peeters
section V
Thyroid Diseases: Nontoxic Diffuse and Multinodular Goiter  641
chapter 51 Multinodular goiter: pathogenesis and management  641
Steen Joop Bonnema and Laszlo Hegedüs
chapter 52 Clinical evaluation and management of thyroid nodules  660
Susan J. Mandel and Jill E. Langer
section VI
Thyroid Cancers  683
chapter 53 Carcinomas of follicular epithelium: epidemiology and pathogenesis  683
Arthur B. Schneider, Cari M. Kitahara, and Alina Brenner
chapter 54 Genomic landscapes of thyroid cancers of follicular cell derivation  709
David G. McFadden, Thomas Giordano, James A. Fagin, and Yuri Nikiforov
chapter 55 Carcinoma of the follicular epithelium: surgical therapy  723
David L. Steward and Julie A. Sosa
chapter 56 Staging and prognosis of differentiated thyroid cancer  733
Donald S.A. McLeod
chapter 57 Medical management of differentiated epithelial cell thyroid cancer  751
Sebastiano Filetti, R. Michael Tuttle, and Steven I. Sherman
chapter 58 Papillary microcarcinomas  776
Akira Miyauchi and Yasuhiro Ito
chapter 59 Medullary thyroid cancer  784
Andreas Machens, Dagmar Führer, and Henning Drallexxii Contents
chapter 60 Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer, anaplastic thyroid cancer, and miscellaneous tumors of the 
thyroid  796
Bryan R. Haugen, Keith C. Bible, and Robert C. Smallridge
chapter 61 Thyroid cancer in children  813
Catherine A. Dinauer, Emily R. Christison-Lagay, and Gary L. Francis
section VII
The Thyroid in Infancy and Childhood  839
chapter 62 The maturation of thyroid function in the fetus, in the perinatal period and during childhood  839
Gabor Szinnai and Michel Polak
chapter 63 Hypothyroidism in infants and children  855
Johnny Deladoëy, Julia von Oettingen, and Guy Van Vliet
chapter 64 Impaired sensitivity to thyroid hormone: defects of transport, metabolism, and action  868
Alexandra M. Dumitrescu, Manassawee Korwutthikulrangsri, and Samuel Refetoff
chapter 65 Hyperthyroidism in the neonate, child, and adolescent  908
Scott A. Rivkees
section VIII
Thyroid Disorders in Pregnancy and Postpartum  923
chapter 66 Thyroid disorders during preconception, pregnancy, and the postpartum period  923
Tim I.M. Korevaar and Elizabeth N. Pearce
Index 943