Patient Education - Diseases We Treat

Diseases We Treat at UCLA

The following is a listing of the diseases most commonly treated by our team.

Thyroid

Thyroid cancer, including:

• Papillary thyroid cancer
  More on this topic from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia
• Follicular thyroid cancer
• Hurthle cell thyroid cancer
• Medullary thyroid cancer
  More on this topic from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia
• Poorly (insular and anaplastic) differentiated thyroid cancer
  More on this topic from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia
• Overview of thyroid cancer from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia
• Overview of thyroid cancer from Medline Plus

Thyroid nodules

• More on this topic from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia

Thyroid disease in radiation-exposed individuals (including childhood cancer survivors)

Multinodular goiter

• More on this topic from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia

Hyperthyroidism, including:

• Graves disease
  More on this topic from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia
• Toxic multinodular goiter
  More on this topic from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia
• Toxic solitary nodule
  More on this topic from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia
• Overview of hyperthyroidism from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia
• Overview of hyperthyroidism from the American Academy of Family Physicians

Parathyroid

Primary hyperparathyroidism

• More on this topic from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia
• More on this topic from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists(PDF)

Renal (secondary and tertiary) hyperparathyroidism

• More on this topic from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia

Persistent and recurrent hyperparathyroidism

• Overview of hyperparathyroidism from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia
• Overview of hyperparathyroidism from the National Institutes of Health
• Overview of hyperparathyroidism from the American Academy of Family Physicians
• Overview of parathyroid disorders from Medline Plus

Adrenal

Pheochromocytoma

• More on this topic from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia
• More on this topic from Medline Plus
• More on this topic from the National Cancer Institute

Primary adrenal Cushing’s syndrome

• More on this topic from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia
• More on this topic from Medline Plus
• More on this topic from the American Academy of Family Physicians

Primary hyperaldosteronism ( Conn ’s syndrome or aldosteronoma)

• More on this topic from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia

Incidentally discovered adrenal masses (adrenal “incidentalomas”)

• More on this topic from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)
• More on this topic from the National Institutes of Health

Adrenocortical carcinoma

• More on this topic from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia
• More on this topic from the National Cancer Institute

Isolated adrenal metastases

Overview of adrenal disorders from Medline Plus

Pancreas

Insulinoma

• More on this topic from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia

Genetic Syndromes

Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN-1, MEN-2A, MEN-2B)

• More on MEN-1 from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia
• More on MEN-1 from the National Institutes of Health
• More on MEN-2 from A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia

Familial pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndromes