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Incidental" papillary cancer found in my thyroid tissue, not the nodules one 4 mm & one 2.5 mm. is surgery needed to remove the remaining half?
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Incidental Pap CA: Usually these are simply ignored and the opposite lobe is left alone. Ask your ENT was cutoff they use for the size of an incidental papillary carcinoma.
Answered 11/14/2016
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