Solitary Thyroid Nodule

Introduction

May be hot or cold  hot signifies thyroid hormone production with 131I uptake cold signifies no thyroid hormone production Cause depends on gender and age men majority are malignant women majority are benign cysts or follicular adenomas minority are malignant children majority are maligant Large increase in malignancy potential if patient has previous exposure to ionizing radiation

Evaluation

Fine needle aspiration  Thyroid hormone studies

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