title: Thyroid and parathyroid disease in children.
abstract: Although diseases of the thyroid and parathyroid glands are relatively uncommon in children, the implications of missed diagnoses can be severe. This review describes the embryology, anatomy, and physiology of the thyroid and parathyroid glands, and focuses on significant benign and malignant pathologies of these glands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Portsmouth Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Shawn D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Safford
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Skinner
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology