Diagnostic Challenge of Rapid Enlargement of the Thyroid: Autoimmuneb Thyroiditis - Thyroid Lymphoma - Malignant Thyroid Disease

Gudrun Leidig-Bruckner^1*, Karin Frank-Raue¹, Angela Lorenz¹, Thomas J. Musholt², Arno Schad³ and Friedhelm Raue¹

¹Practice for Endocrinology and Nuclear Medicine, Brückenstr, 21, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

²Endocrine Surgery Section, Department of General, Visceral-, and Transplantation Surgery, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany

³Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr, 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany

^*Corresponding Author: Gudrun Leidig-Bruckner, Practice for Endocrinology and Nuclear Medicine, Brückenstr. 21, 69210 Heidelberg, Germany, Tel: 0-49 6221 439090, Fax: 0-49 6221 439099 Email: