Some thyroid nodules are only discovered when the patient has a cat scan of the chest or an ultrasound of the neck. Most thyroid nodules are not cancers. In fact, only about 5 to 10 percent of ...

An ultrasound of the neck performed in the endocrine clinic showed a well- defined heterogeneous, isoechoic nodule, greater than 6.5 cm x 4 cm x 5.5 cm, in an otherwise normal thyroid gland ...

An ultrasound showed a normal thyroid gland. A hypoechoic mass measuring 0.9 cm x 0.6 cm x 0.5 cm (longitudinal x anteroposterior x transverse) ...

More than 12% of Americans will develop a thyroid condition at some point, with women at greater risk than men. The thyroid gland, a butterfly-shaped organ in the front of your neck, produces hormones ...

Thyroid ablation is suitable for patients with thyroid nodules or hyperthyroidism who have not responded to traditional ...

What is a thyroid ultrasound? Ultrasound is high-frequency sound that is generated electronically by a machine and special crystals in a probe. The sound travels through your body, and bounces off ...

Thyroid nodules – small lumps that form within the thyroid gland – are relatively common, particularly among women. Most are harmless, but a small percentage of such nodules are cancerous. Currently, ...

A lump in the thyroid gland is called a thyroid nodule, and 5-10% of all thyroid nodules are diagnosed as thyroid cancer. Thyroid cancer has a good prognosis, a high survival rate, and a low ...

Sally Rohan, a 27-year-old medical student in New Jersey, made an unexpected discovery about her health during an ultrasound class in 2022.

Nodules,which are extremely common in the thyroid gland,is a type of abnormality detected by ultrasound.Up to two-thirds of adults have nodules in this gland, and most are benign or only cause a ...

Thyroid cancer is sometimes detected by a lump on the neck big enough to feel or see, as AJC content producer Nancy Clanton found out.After an ultrasound and biopsy, she had her thyroid removed on ...