| 1. | Rarely, a different kind of cancer, lymphoma, can develop in thyroid glands.
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| 2. | Shelties may also suffer from hypothyroidism, which is the under-functioning thyroid gland.
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| 3. | The thyroid gland, located in the neck, produces hormones that regulate metabolism.
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| 4. | The thyroid gland naturally uses iodine to produce thyroxine and other hormones.
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| 5. | Goiter, an enlargement of the thyroid gland, is the most common ailment.
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| 6. | Examples of a nonfunctioning thyroid gland may be hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, or thyroiditis.
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| 7. | Iodine can block absorption of radiation by shutting down the thyroid gland.
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| 8. | Boje returns after surgery to remove a malignant growth on his thyroid gland.
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| 9. | They included severe anemia, bleeding from the intestine and an underactive thyroid gland.
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| 10. | It is an Autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks the thyroid gland.
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