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Is a goiter considered a mass?
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Enlarged thyroid: Not a mass. There could be a mass within an enlarged thyroid though.
Answered 12/20/2012
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Goiter: If you consider a pimple a mass. Goiter is an enlarged thyroid gland. Usually from inflammation, rarely infection, even more rarely from tumors or cysts. Some inflammatory area are called "nodules" and these can turn malignant.
Answered 8/7/2012
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