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Self-examination of thyroid nodules
T Takano1, Y Hasegawa, N Amino
1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan.
Endocrine Journal
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
The management of occult small thyroid nodules found by ultrasonography is sometimes problematic. Self-palpation may be utilized in the follow-up of these nodules. We developed a method of thyroid self-examination (TSE). We examined the size of the nodules palpable by this method by ultrasonography. In 78 patients examined, all 38 tumors more than 2 cm in size, whereas only one of 14 tumors less than or equal to 1 cm in size, were palpable. These results suggest the clinical usefulness of TSE in the follow-up of thyroid tumors, which are very common and slow-growing.