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warm nodule

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warm nodule
Nuclear medicine A circumscribed ↑ in radioisotope concentration seen by radionuclide imaging of the thyroid–'thyroid scan' in which functional thyroid lesions suppress TSH synthesis, but don't cause hyperthyroidism–the latter of which evokes 'hot' nodules. Cf Cold nodule.


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5-cm nodule; thyroid scan showed hot nodule with cold areas 2 15/F Warm nodule noted on thyroid scan 3 11/M Not performed Case No.
 
 
 
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