Cold nodule
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cold-nodule-212-1870813
title:
Cold nodule
text:
A cold nodule is a thyroid nodule that does not produce thyroid hormone. On a radioactive iodine uptake test a cold nodule takes up less radioactive material than the surrounding thyroid tissue. A cold nodule may be malignant or benign. On scintigraphy cold nodules do not show but are easily shown on ultrasound. Figure 1 illustrates the basic anatomy of the thyroid gland. The case shown in Figure 4 shows a cold nodule quite emphasized representation of the thyroid. The investigation was carried
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Medical condition
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_nodule
date created:
2015-12-24T09:42:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T05:51:11Z
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