Medically reviewed by Isabel Casimiro, MD, PhD Thyroid nodules are lumps (growths) made up of abnormal cell clusters that develop in the thyroid gland, located at the base of your neck. They can be ...

If large nodules are causing swallowing or breathing difficulties or affecting thyroid hormones, people may require surgery to remove the nodule. If doctors suspect a thyroid nodule is cancerous ...

Objective: Conventional fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for cystic thyroid nodules (CTNs) has a high rate of nondiagnostic and false-negative results. Ultrasound-guided FNAB (UG-FNAB ...

Or, during a routine physical exam, your doctor might just happen to feel a lump, called a nodule, on your thyroid. Nodules are growths that may be solid or filled with fluid. They're very common ...

Clinicians have become reliant on fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology in the diagnosis of thyroid nodules ... had grown to a remarkable size (as large as 10 cm), before surgical consultation ...