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I have a 4cm thyroid nodule and have had 3 biopsies over 6 years ago , now my nodule has gone hard and i have a hard lymph node below ear,?
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Benign/Malignant: Hashimoto's thyroiditis or malignant degeneration. Re-biopsies and Thyroid antibodies, ASAP
Answered 11/14/2016
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