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Please tell me, could a thyroid nodule needle aspiration test take up to two weeks to get results?

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Dr. Hashmat Rajput answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

May be: If the hospital is large and has their own thyroid pathologist, then it is less than two weeks. If your endocrinologist or hospital send it to mayo clinic or other special lab. Then it can take up to two weeks.

Answered 5/12/2018

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