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Totally thyroidectomy 2012 2013 u/s showed nothing 2015 us showed 6mm ? residual thyroid or benign appearing lymph node. i think dr left tiny piece in
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Total thyroidectomy: A surgeon doing a total thyroidectomy will always leave a small amount of tissue in order to avoid causing compications of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury or hypoparathyroidism. If thyroid cancer was found during surgery, one can get radioactive iodine to ablate the residual tissue. Finding a 6 mm nodule on ultrasound does not necessarily mean that there is recurrence of cancer.
Answered 5/18/2015
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