thyroid
thyroid
thyroid
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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