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Solitary Thyroid Nodule: Multimedia

Author: Andre Hebra, MD, Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina; Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina
Coauthor(s): Melissa Miller, MD, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina; Patrick B Thomas, MD, Fellow, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital
Contributor Information and Disclosures

Updated: Nov 26, 2008

Multimedia

A 12-year-old patient with an asymptomatic palpab...Media file 1: A 12-year-old patient with an asymptomatic palpable thyroid nodule noticed upon routine physical examination.
A 12-year-old patient with an asymptomatic palpab...

A 12-year-old patient with an asymptomatic palpable thyroid nodule noticed upon routine physical examination.

Surgical specimen of a thyroid lobe with papillar...Media file 2: Surgical specimen of a thyroid lobe with papillary carcinoma taken from a 12-year-old patient with an asymptomatic palpable thyroid nodule noticed upon routine physical examination.
Surgical specimen of a thyroid lobe with papillar...

Surgical specimen of a thyroid lobe with papillary carcinoma taken from a 12-year-old patient with an asymptomatic palpable thyroid nodule noticed upon routine physical examination.

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Further Reading

Keywords

solitary thyroid nodule, follicular adenoma, thyroid nodule, hot nodule, warm nodule, cold nodule, nodulus, node, thyroid mass, thyroid cyst, thyroid cancer, cancer, papillary carcinoma, follicular carcinoma, medullary carcinoma, carcinoma, malignancy, unilateral agenesis, chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, Hashimoto thyroiditis, hyperthyroidism, thyrotoxicosis, Graves disease, lymphadenopathy, multiple endocrine neoplasia, MEN, adrenal pheochromocytoma, cervical disease, medullary thyroid carcinoma, marfanoid body habitus, familial polyposis syndrome, Hodgkin lymphoma, bone marrow transplantation

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Andre Hebra, MD, Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina; Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina
Andre Hebra, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Pediatric Surgical Association, Association for Academic Surgery, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, South Carolina Medical Association, Southeastern Surgical Congress, and Southern Medical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Coauthor(s)

Melissa Miller, MD, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina
Melissa Miller, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Medical Association and American Medical Student Association/Foundation
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Patrick B Thomas, MD, Fellow, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital
Patrick B Thomas, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Medical Association and South Carolina Medical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Arlan L Rosenbloom, MD, Adjunct Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, University of Florida; Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics; Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology
Arlan L Rosenbloom, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Epidemiology, American Pediatric Society, Endocrine Society, Florida Pediatric Society, Lawson-Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, and Society for Pediatric Research
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Managing Editor

Lynne Lipton Levitsky, MD, Chief, Pediatric Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard University Medical School
Lynne Lipton Levitsky, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Diabetes Association, American Pediatric Society, Endocrine Society, Lawson-Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, and Society for Pediatric Research
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CME Editor

Merrily P M Poth, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Merrily P M Poth, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, Endocrine Society, and Lawson-Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Chief Editor

Stephen Kemp, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Arkansas and Arkansas Children's Hospital
Stephen Kemp, MD, PhD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, American Pediatric Society, Endocrine Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Southern Medical Association, and Southern Society for Pediatric Research
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