[Goiter from the ENT viewpoint].
Patients with struma have to submit a complete ENT-examination, audiometry included, indispensible for operative indication or contra-indication. The usual labor-parameters, the indication for operative therapy, drugs, and radiological measures are mentioned briefly. The drug-prophylaxis must be continued through the whole life. Case report with an improving influence of a hypothyreotic hypacousis by substituting therapy.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000517:prevention & control
D013963:Thyroid Hormones
Die Struma aus hals-nasen-ohrenärztlicher Sicht.