Thyroid Nodule
Current as of: November 6, 2018
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:E. Gregory Thompson, MD – Internal Medicine & Kathleen Romito, MD – Family Medicine & Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine
Thyroid nodules are growths in the thyroid, a gland in the front of your neck. Most of them are harmless. All or part of the thyroid gland may be removed if a nodule is cancer or if it causes problems with breathing or swallowing.