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===== [[Summary Article|'''SUMMARY''']] =====
Do US for all nodules. Same for incidentalomas.
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<br/>1. Suspicious features on US: do FNA. 
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<br/>2. No suspicious features &amp; high TSH (i.e. hypothyroid): do free T4, anti-TPO antibodies, biopsy (high malignancy risk). 
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<br/>3. No suspicious features &amp; low TSH (i.e. hyperthyroid): do scintigraphy. If single &amp; hot: stop!
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<br/>(<i>Ref: 2010 American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists practice guidelines)</i>


==Reference(s)==
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<br/>Therapeutic Guidelines. Melbourne: Therapeutic Guidelines Limited. https://www.tg.org.au [Accessed 2021].

[[Category:Thyroid Nodule]]
[[Category:Endocrinology]]
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