Assertion: goiter's nodule | /r/CapableOf | produce thyroid hormone
Facets:
value: on own
type: MANNER
value: autonomously
type: MANNER
value: occasionally
type: DEGREE
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: If the thyroid gland is then re-exposed to iodine, the nodules may produce thyroid hormone independently.
text: Nodules that produce too much thyroid hormone are almost always benign.
text: Occasionally, a goiter may progress to a toxic nodular goiter when a nodule is making thyroid hormone on its own.
text: Sometimes these nodules make too much thyroid hormone and cause hyperthyroidism.
text: On the odd occasion, a goiter may progress to a toxic state when a nodule is making thyroid hormones on its own.
text: Occasionally, nodules will produce thyroid hormone, and cause hyperthyroidism.
text: Toxic multinodular goiter can be associated with hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules (also known as toxic thyroid adenomas), which means that the nodules autonomously produces thyroid hormone.
text: In fact, some sources consider ALL cases of toxic multinodular goiter to have nodules that produce thyroid hormone.
text: Scenario #1: Multinodular goiter with hyperthyroidism caused by nodules that produce thyroid hormone.
text: Scenario #2: Multinodular goiter with hyperthyroidism that isn’t caused by nodules that produce thyroid hormone.
text: So for example, if someone has multinodular goiter with nodules that produce thyroid hormone, the goal should be to address the cause of the goiter and thyroid nodules.
text: Occasionally, the nodules may produce too much thyroid hormone, causing thyrotoxicosis.
text: These nodules produce too much thyroid hormone.
text: Sometime, a goiter may progress to a toxic nodular goiter when a nodule that is making thyroid hormone on its own and this can cause hyperthyroidism.
text: Sometimes these nodules make too much thyroid hormone and cause hyperthyroidism.