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• Best technique to rule out cancer<br />

• Performed in the doctor’s office and takes about 20<br />

minutes<br />

• Complications are rare, but include bleeding,<br />

bruising and infection.<br />

WHEN IS IT DONE?<br />

1. To make a diagnosis of <strong>thyroid</strong> nodule<br />

2. To help select therapy for <strong>thyroid</strong> nodule<br />

3. To treat a <strong>thyroid</strong> cyst by draining its contents via<br />

aspiration<br />

4. To inject a medicine to shrink a recurrent cyst

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