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A 32-year old asked:

Whats invovled during a fine needle biopsy of the thyroid?

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A 46-year old asked:

What is the meaning of a benign fine needle biopsy of the thyroid?

2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in

A 45-year old asked:

Does it hurt to have a thyroid needle biopsy done?

3 doctor answers • 9 doctors weighed in

A 37-year old asked:

What is some advice on what to expect during and after thyroid needle biopsy?

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A 36-year old female asked:

Does a needle biopsy of thyroid hurt ? Does it take long?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A female asked:

Thyroid Nodules 3.6 left 3.4 right Is a needle biopsy practical at this size? Should we just schedule removal of the thyroid.

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 27-year old female asked:

3days ago i had thyroid biopsy.Stil hurts when i swallow, move neck and touch it.Like being poked with a needle.Normal?How long will it last?

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A 47-year old female asked:

A 2.3 CM solid nodule found on my thyroid on left lobe. No needle biopsy yet. Can I have the nodule only removed? Or is lobe removal the only way?

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A 32-year old female asked:

A lot of people say when it comes to thyroid biopsies to test nodule that it is EXTREMELY painful when they taking out the fluid from the nodule you can feel the moving of the needle that its painful is this procedure really horrible pain?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 34-year old asked:

Does anyone know how much a fine needle biopsy on a thyroid gland will hurt?

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A 33-year old asked:

I have a dominant nodule seen in the medial inferior left thyroid measuring 1.5cm percutanous fine needle biopsy recommended. What does this mean?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 48-year old asked:

Being dominant nodule seen in the medial inferior left thyroid measuring 1.5cm percutanous fine needle biopsy recommended. Can you explain what this means?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 38-year old asked:

How do I get a fine needle biopsy on thyroid nodule-- help?

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A 46-year old asked:

I need a fine needle biopsy on thyroid nodule. What can I expect from the procedure?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 52-year old female asked:

PTH 66 calcium 10.2. had 4 nodules on thyroid in September now have 6, 2 visible and feel able. Primary care want to do needle biopsy.

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 26-year old asked:

Do all thyroid nodules require a fine needle aspiration biopsy?

4 doctor answers • 9 doctors weighed in

A 42-year old male asked:

Some calcification on lower right thyroid with a 3.2x1.7cm mass beside it. Are my chances of cancer greater with this? Needle biopsy next week.

2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in

A 44-year old asked:

Is a needle sedation in the throat for a thyroid biopsy (before the procedure begins) the normal way to go. I am healthy 74 year old woman)?

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A 69-year old female asked:

Had a thyroid biopsy today. The biopsy was very uncomfortable - he went in five times - as was the needle with the anesthetic. I have been icing the area and took Tylenol; however, I feel intermittent pain in my upper lung area. Is this normal?

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A 47-year old female asked:

Hi I've had a fine needle biopsy on a 7mm thyroid nodule with heterogeneous echotexture, central calcification. Should I be concerned, please answer.

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A 18-year old male asked:

So I had a cat scan on my neck recently and they said they need to give me a biopsy to figure out what this is.So what is a biopsy? Are there needles?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 26-year old male asked:

How accurate is a needle biopsy into the neck lymph nodes for detecting cancer ?

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A 57-year old female asked:

I'm having open biopsy of neck lymph node diagnosed with atypical by previous needle biopsy. Is cancer likely to be found?

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A 25-year old female asked:

Neck mass CT done told don't know wht it is no needle biopsy but surgery needs to come out Malignant unknown cancer not ruled out. Is this bad.

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 38-year old female asked:

Is it possible to have enlarged lymph nodes with hoshimotos hyper thyroidism ? And why they need a biopsy ?

3 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in

A 47-year old female asked:

A nodule was picked up on my thyroid in 2018 and biopsy came back inconclusive it'd now 2021 should I have had another biopsy taken I haven't been diagnosed with a thyroid condition but I've not been since Jan 2020?

2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in

A 29-year old asked:

How much pain from a thyroid biopsy?

2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in

A 46-year old asked:

Why might a thyroid biopsy be inconclusive?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 69-year old male asked:

Should radiation be used on a thyroid if there has been no biopsy?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 42-year old asked:

Does a fine needle aspiration biopsy hurt much?

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