Surgery carries risks—complications from anesthesia, hoarseness, hand numbness, or lifelong thyroid replacement drugs (about ...

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 ...

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Core biopsy was then performed with the finding ... The histopathology revealed adenomatoid nodule. Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury is a serious complication in thyroid surgery which causes vocal ...

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Robotic surgery was first introduced in the late 20th century and has long since found its place in the medical community.

Aspiration means the doctor or nurse draws some liquid bone marrow up into a syringe. A bone marrow trephine biopsy means they remove a very thin 1 or 2cm long core of bone marrow in one piece. You ...

But what about 87%? I think a lot of physicians and patients would be reluctant to avoid a biopsy when there is a 13% chance of malignancy. The authors avoid this question by combining the first 2 ...

Although tests are often needed to confirm a nodule is noncancerous, they often stem from other causes such as: A biopsy—which is a procedure where a piece of tissue where cancer is suspected is ...

While lymphoma is a type of cancer, it is not lung cancer even though there can be lung nodules and ground-glass appearance on imaging studies that are similar to some lung cancers. Keep in mind that ...