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8mm normal vascularity hypoechoic thyroid nodule incidentally found on ultrasound. does this need to be biopsies? had one before and it disappeared.
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Follow: You don't need a biopsy right now but you should have another ultrasound in about one year to make sure it's not growing. Biopsy it in the future if it grows.
Answered 3/15/2013
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