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Endocrine & MetabolicMild
Thyroid Nodule
General Surgery · Endocrine & Metabolic
Mild
Severity
Very common — detectable on ultrasound in up to half of adults, though the large majority are benign
Prevalence
No
Contagious
General Surgery
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Iodine deficiency
- 2autoimmune thyroid conditions such as Hashimoto's thyroiditis
- 3benign colloid or adenomatous growths
- 4and thyroid cysts are common causes. Risk factors for malignancy include prior radiation exposure to the neck
- 5family history of thyroid cancer
- 6and certain genetic syndromes. Most nodules develop from localized overgrowth of thyroid cells rather than a systemic process.
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