Description: Thyroid Nodule, Multinodular Goiter: Diagnosis, Therapy, Minimally Invasive Thyroid Surgery, Alexander Shifrin, MD, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ
new york (13003) ny (7439) new jersey (4848) nj (4742) shifrin (17) goiter (3) thyroid nodule (2) multinodular goiter (2) thyroid nodules (1) growth on thyroid (1)
Thyroid nodules are common. Studies have shown that 19% – 67% of randomly selected individuals will have thyroid nodules detected with ultrasound (1). They are more common in elderly persons, in women, in those with iodine deficiency and those with history of radiation exposure (2).
References:
1) Tan GH, Gharib H. Thyroid incidentalomas: management approaches to nonpalpable nodules discovered incidentally on thyroid imaging. Ann Intern Med. 1997 Feb 1;126(3):226-31.