The phrase "abnormal thyroid" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in medical contexts to describe a thyroid gland that is not functioning normally or has an irregular structure.
Example: "The doctor noted that the patient's abnormal thyroid levels indicated a potential thyroid disorder."
Alternatives: "irregular thyroid" or "dysfunctional thyroid".
In 27 patients, 34 contributors were previously known, in 50 patients 52 new contributors were diagnosed (mainly vitamin D deficiency in 42) and 14 needed further exploration because of laboratory abnormalities (mainly abnormal thyroid stimulating hormone in 9).
Only six patients had a clinically detectable abnormality, but 64% had abnormal thyroid function tests.
The majority of cases were characterized by abnormal thyroid function (seven hypothyroidism; two hyperthyroidism), but the diagnosis of thyroiditis was supported by ultrasonography only in half the cases.
Exclusion criteria were the presence of chronic disease; iodine supplementation; current or past thyroid disease; fetal abnormalities; multiple pregnancy; pregnancy induced using assisted reproductive technology; and abnormal thyroid hormone concentrations at baseline.
All patients had an abnormal thyroid ultrasound scan and 42% had at least one focal abnormality.
Trajkovic, M. et al. Abnormal thyroid hormone metabolism in mice lacking the monocarboxylate transporter 8. J. Clin.
There remains controversy over how women with abnormal thyroid function tests in pregnancy should be classified.
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A study by the Arizona Department of Health Services found that newborns in Yuma, which obtains its water from the perchlorate-contaminated Colorado River at levels of about five parts per billion, were more likely to have abnormal thyroid functions than the babies who were born in Flagstaff, which does not have such water.
Radiological abnormalities were seen in all excepting 2. Three cases mimicking BIH had normal MRV with abnormal CSF in 1 and all 3 had abnormal thyroid functions.
A goiter is an abnormal thyroid gland proliferation that manifests as multi-nodular, uni-nodular, or non-nodular diffuse glandular enlargement.
