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.
Hashimoto's thyroiditis is the most common cause of hypothyroidism. Learn about the basics of hypothyroidism in our hypothyroidism slideshow. HypothyroidismThe thyroid gland is always enlarged in Hashimoto's thyroiditis, although only one side may be enlarged enough to feel.
The term non-toxic goiter refers to enlargement of the thyroid that is not associated with overproduction of thyroid hormone or malignancy. The thyroid can become very large so that it can easily be seen as a mass in the neck. This picture depicts the outline of a normal size thyroid in black and the greatly enlarged goiter in pink. There are a number of factors that may cause the thyroid gland to become enlarged. A diet deficient in iodine can cause a goiter, but this is rarely the cause because of the readily available iodine in our diets. A more common cause of goiter in America is an increase in thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in response to a defect in normal hormone synthesis within the thyroid gland. The thyroid stimulating hormone comes from the pituitary and causes the thyroid to enlarge. This enlargement usually takes many years to become manifest.