Case 15-1985

David S. Cooper

doi:10.1056/NEJM198508293130917

Case 15-1985

David S. Cooper

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To the Editor: In a recent CPC (Case 15–1985) (April 11 issue),¹ in which a patient with Schmidt's syndrome was described, the thyroid gland was found to be enlarged clinically but of “normal” size at postmortem examination (despite severe autoimmune thyroiditis on histologic study). I wish to take exception to Dr. Gang's reference to the normal weight of the thyroid as 30 to 70 g with a mean of 40 g. In a report from the Mayo Clinic by Mortensen et al. in 1955, the mean weight of thyroids in the Great Lakes region of the United States was 25.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	583
Number of pages	1
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	313
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198508293130917
State	Published - Aug 29 1985
Externally published	Yes

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