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Thyroid has several nodules but told they are fine as they are small. should i be concerned?

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Dr. Gerald Mandell answered

Specializes in Nuclear Medicine

Probably not: 95% of solitary nodules benign.High-resolution ultrasonography reveals nodules as small as 2 mm in 35% to 67% of the general population.Common benign nodules include adenomas, thyroid cysts, and hashimoto's thyroiditis.Us characteristics of nodules suggest cancer: marked hypoechogenicity, irregular margins, vascularity, shape, solid components.Most biopsied nodules greater than one cm. In diameter.

Answered 9/19/2013

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