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Can a thyroid come back after surgury?
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Thyroidectomy: With a complete thyroidectomy there is no thyroid tissue left to come back.
Answered 9/7/2014
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If remnant: Sometimes entire thyroid gland is not removed by surgery. The remnant tissue can enlarge but entire thyroid gland will not reform.
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