Home of the Leavenworth County Historical Society, celebrating the 60th anniversary year since our founding! 2014 also marks fifty years of ownership of the historic Edward Carroll House, which we opened in 1965 as a Victorian home museum. 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the Carroll House as a museum. The Leavenworth County Historical Society, founded in 1954, Leavenworth's Centennial Year, owns and operates the Carroll Mansion, which is listed on the National Registry of Historic Properties and the oldest museum in Leavenworth County.
Some of the common causes of Enlarged thyroid gland may include: 1  Iodine deficiency. 2  Hypothyroidism. 3  Hyperthyroidism. 4  Autoimmune thyroid disease. 5  Graves' disease. 6  more causes...Â».
Enlargement of the thyroid (goiter) and lumps within it (nodules) are both relatively common. They may be obvious to the naked eye or can be found incidentally by imaging studies of the neck, such as a sonogram of the carotid arteries or a CT or MR of the spine. Goiter can be the result of thyroid tumors, which are usually benign, but sometimes malignant. 2  Most thyroid tumors present as discrete nodules, but there are several kinds of thyroid cancer that can cause generalized swelling of the gland.