cold nodule

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cold nodule

Imaging A focus of ↓ radioisotope uptake on a 123I or 99mTc scintillation scan of the thyroid, seen in cystic or solid, often nonfunctional lesions; when the mass is solid by ultrasound, a biopsy is warranted as most carcinomas are cold nodules. Cf Hot nodule, Warm nodule.

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cold scan Hot Nodule nodule Thyroid Nuclear Medicine Scan warm nodule			Cold nodules in patients who are younger can carry a malignancy rate of up to 35% to 40%. Endocrine imaging: what roles do PET and PET/CT play? by MacFall, Timothy Allan; Gordon, Leonie L.; Davis, Phillip S. / Applied Radiology 131] I scintigraphy will show a poorly defined cold nodule. Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma by Palacios, Enrique / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal Overall, a cold nodule was associated with a significantly higher incidence of malignancy than was a hot nodule (sensitivity = 91%; specificity = 19%; accuracy = 38%; [chi square] = 7. The radiologic work-up in thyroid surgery: Fine-needle biopsy versus ... by Maillard, A.A.J. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal			colchicine Colchicum autumnale cold cold abscess cold agglutination cold agglutinin cold agglutinin disease Cold agglutinins cold agglutinins test Cold Bath cold caloric irrigation Cold Case cold cautery Cold Chain cold compress Cold Cone Biopsy Cold Cup Forceps cold environment cold expression cold hemoglobinuria Cold Hit cold hypersensitivity Cold Injury cold laser cold mist tent cold nodule cold pack Cold Pressing cold remedy cold scan Cold Shock Protein cold sore Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory cold stage cold stress cold sweat Cold Tea Sign Cold Turkey Cold Turkey Method cold ulcer cold urticaria cold urticaria-angioedema Cold Wave cold work cold, clinical applications of cold, physiologic effects of cold-blooded cold-cure resin cold-curing resin cold-insoluble globulin cold-pressor test			Cold Land Processes Experiment Cold Land Processes in the Northern Hemisphere Cold Land Processes Working Group cold lap cold laser Cold Leg Isolation Valve cold light cold light cold lime-soda process cold link cold low cold massage cold massage cold massage cold medicine Cold Miss cold mist tent cold mix cold molding cold moulding Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers Cold neutron Cold Neutron Chopper Spectrometer Cold Neutron Prompt Gamma-Ray Activation Analysis Cold Neutron Research Facility Cold neutron source Cold Neutrons for Biology and Technology cold nodule cold nosing Cold nuclear fusion Cold nuclear fusion Cold nuclear fusion Cold Ocean Warm Land cold of heart Cold Opposite, Warm Same cold pack cold pack Cold Panniculitis Cold pasteurisation Cold pasteurisation Cold pasteurization Cold pasteurization cold patch cold pie Cold Pipe Cold pit Cold plasma Cold Plasma Analyzer Cold Plate Cold Plate Cold Plate Support Structure Cold pole cold pool Cold press offset Cold press offset Cold pressed Cold pressed Cold pressed

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