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Benign Nodular Thyroid Disease

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Benign nodular disease of the thyroid gland is exceedingly common in most of the world. In fact, some estimates have suggested that up to 70% of the population in the United States will have thyroid nodules detectable by ultrasound. The diagnostic categories for benign nodular thyroids include both multinodular disease and dominant single nodules, which can be of neoplastic or nonneoplastic origin. The benign nodular thyroid diseases are discussed in this chapter, along with the relevant molecular pathogenesis.

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Hunt, J.L. (2010). Benign Nodular Thyroid Disease. In: Hunt, J. (eds) Molecular Pathology of Endocrine Diseases. Molecular Pathology Library, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1707-2_6

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