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Spectrum of Thyroid Disease

Thyroid physiology: Hypothalamus (top) releases TRH; causing pituitary gland (second from top) to release TSH; causing thyroid gland (third from top) to make T3 and T4; inhibition loops also shown.

• Myxedema coma << hypothyroidism < euthyroid > hyperthyroidism >> thyroid storm