thyroid• There may be other causes as well, like a thyroid or blood-sugar problem.• Other solid tumors associated with hypercalcemia arise from lung, kidney, liver, cervix, prostate, and thyroid.• Will they go away once my thyroid is treated?
Originthyroid
(1700-1800)Modern Latinthyroides, from Greekthyreoeides“shield-shaped”, from thyreos“shield shaped like a door”, from thyra“door”; from the shape of the cartilage at the front of the throat