الفهرس 
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Abstract
GOITER IN CHILDREN
Thyroid enlargement is common in the adult,but it iG
uncommon in the pediatric age. The relative incidence of
the different pathologies of goiter in such age group is of
particular importance in the recognition of their causes.
There are many causes of the thyroid gland enlargement
as congenital or acquired causes including inflammatory and jj
neoplasmic causeso The acquired causes also include endemic
and iatrogenic thyroid diseases including those Occur due to
diet, drugs and irradiation.
The Arabian surgeon Albucasis performed possibly the
earliest recorded extirpation of goiter in the 10th century.
from 1596 to 1834 before the introduction of ether (1846) ,
29 euthentic operations were listed by Halsted (1920).
Thyroid function tests aid in diagnosis and differentiating
various types of goiter, also in proving if there is
thyrotoxicosis or not.
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The aim of this essay is to emphasize the need to apply
the proper lines of treatment suitable to this very young age,
bearing in mind the continuing growth and the longer potential
life span of such patient •.