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. 2001 Apr;6(4):195–199. doi: 10.1093/pch/6.4.195

TABLE 1:

Differential diagnosis of thyromegaly

Autoimmune thyroid disease
  Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis (Hasmimoto thyroiditis)
  Graves disease
Colloid (simple) goitre
Goitrogen exposure
Dyshormonogenesis
Infectious
  Subacute (viral) thyroiditis
  Chronic suppurative thyroiditis
Anatomic abnormalities
  Thyroglossal duct cyst
  Hemiagenesis of the thyroid
Nodular goitre
  Solitary nodule (adenoma, carcinoma, cyst)
  Multinodular goitre secondary to autoimmune thyroid disease