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Thyroid nodule 33.7x24x24 isoechoic and well defined, solid with significant nodule vascularity. affirma test says benign. should i remove to be sure?
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Hmm.: The newer affirma test should bring your risk of thyroid cancer down to 5%, but this is a larger nodule with vascularity and it isn't unreasonable to get it out. It would be definitive for diagnosis, especially if you don't want to follow it long term. Totally up to you and your c.
Answered 9/29/2016
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Removal may be best: But you should be under the care of and guided by a endocrinologist as well as an ENT surgeon.
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