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Sonographically visible thyroid nodules are present in up to 40% of the general population. Palpable thyroid nodules and thyroid nodules discovered incidentally on imaging studies have a similar (∼10%) risk of malignancy. Patients with multiple nodules have a cumulative thyroid cancer risk of ∼10%. Nodule multiplicity does not reduce the overall risk of thyroid cancer. One-third of cancers in a multinodular thyroid will be in a non-dominant nodule.
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Samir, A.E. (2010). Thyroid Biopsy. In: Gervais, D., Sabharwal, T. (eds) Interventional Radiology Procedures in Biopsy and Drainage. Techniques in Interventional Radiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-899-1_11
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