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Help please? what is the difference between a thyroid nodule and a calcification?
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Thyroid Lesions: Both are areas within the thyroid that look different from surrounding thyroid tissue on ultrasound. Nodules can reflect more sound waves, appear brighter, and be called hyperechoic, or reflect fewer sound waves, appear darker, and be called hypoechoic. Calcifications generally reflect almost all sound waves, and appear very bright. They sometimes reflect enough sound waves to keep the waves . . .
Answered 6/29/2014
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Tumor vs. Ca++: A thyroid nodule is a growth in the gland composed of thyroid tissue that might be undergoing change to a premalignant or malignant form. In certain growths or possibly traumatic sites the tissue allows for the deposition of calciuim into the area or growth and is most often associate with a benign process taking place in the thyroid gland.
Answered 11/14/2014
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