Ultrasound artifacts showing a "comet tail" from a colloid nodule indicate a benign nodule
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Thyroid nodules are nodules (raised areas of tissue or fluid) which commonly arise within an otherwise normal thyroid gland.[1] They may be hyperplastic or tumorous, but only a small percentage of thyroid tumors are malignant. Small, asymptomatic nodules are common, and often go unnoticed.[2] Nodules that grow larger or produce symptoms may eventually need medical care. A goitre may have one nodule – uninodular, multiple nodules – multinodular, or be diffuse.
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Thyroidnodules are nodules (raised areas of tissue or fluid) which commonly arise within an otherwise normal thyroid gland. They may be hyperplastic...
medication, or surgical removal of the thyroid gland. Thyroid surgery may also be performed to remove a thyroidnodule or to reduce the size of a goiter if...
Pathology". Retrieved 2009-05-08. emedicine > Thyroid, Evaluation of Solitary ThyroidNodule > Benign ThyroidNodules By Daniel J Kelley and Arlen D Meyers....
Colloid nodules, also known as adenomatous nodules or colloid nodular goiter are benign, noncancerous enlargement of thyroid tissue. Although they may...
symptom of thyroid cancer is a nodule in the thyroid region of the neck. However, up to 65% of adults have small nodules in their thyroids, but typically...
choice for thyroid evaluation. Nevertheless, CT detects incidental thyroidnodules (ITNs) and plays an important role in the evaluation of thyroid cancer...
occur when the thyroid is producing too much or too little thyroid hormone respectively. Thyroidnodules are a major presentation of thyroid neoplasms, and...
can metastasize. Papillary thyroid carcinoma is usually discovered on routine examination as an asymptomatic thyroidnodule that appears as a neck mass...
A cold nodule is a thyroidnodule that does not produce thyroid hormone. On a radioactive iodine uptake test a cold nodule takes up less radioactive material...
excess production of thyroid hormones from functionally autonomous thyroidnodules, which do not require stimulation from thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)...
serotonin. Medullary thyroid carcinoma may also produce a thyroidnodule and enlarged cervical lymph nodes. Sites of spread of medullary thyroid carcinoma include...
underactive thyroid, low thyroid or hypothyreosis) is a disorder of the endocrine system in which the thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormones...
treatment of: Thyroid cancer Toxic thyroidnodule (produces too much thyroid hormone) Multinodular goiter (enlarged thyroid gland with many nodules), especially...
goitre: one thyroidnodule; can be either inactive, or active (toxic) – autonomously producing thyroid hormone. Multinodular goitre: multiple nodules; can likewise...
invasion.[citation needed] Patients with thyroid oncocytomas present with a thyroidnodule, usually with normal thyroid function. If the tumor is big or invasive...
excessive production of thyroid hormones by the thyroid gland. Thyrotoxicosis is the condition that occurs due to excessive thyroid hormone of any cause...
ablation of thyroidnodules is a minimally invasive procedure indicated to treat benign thyroid lesions such as cold nodules or single nodules within a multinodular...
Incidental thyroid masses may be found in 9% of patients undergoing bilateral carotid duplex ultrasonography. Some experts recommend that nodules > 1 cm (unless...
well-differentiated follicular thyroid cancer. Thyroid follicular cells are the thyroid cells responsible for the production and secretion of thyroid hormones. Approximately...
use of radio frequency ablation to remove thyroidnodules. The nerve is permanently damaged in 0.3–3% of thyroid surgeries, and transient paralysis occurs...
Bethesda system used for cytopathology of thyroidnodules, which is called The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC or BSRTC). Like...
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announced that she would be undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous thyroidnodule. The cancer was detected after a viewer noticed a lump on Norville's...
hyperandrogenism. About one in 10 people is found to have solitary thyroidnodules. Investigation is required because a small percentage of these is malignant...
viscosity, anisotropy. This approach demonstrated clinical benefit in breast, thyroid, liver, prostate, and musculoskeletal imaging. SSI is used for breast examination...
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