Consider the aforementioned 1 cm nodule: In an average adult, this constitutes roughly 6.5% of the volume of a thyroid lobe, whereas in a 7-year-old child, the volume occupied by the same nodule ...

The study involved 1129 patients aged 70 and older with 2527 nodules 1 cm or larger treated at Brigham and Women's Hospital Thyroid Nodule Clinic, Boston, Massachusetts, between 1995 and 2015.

Nonpalpable 1-cm thyroid nodules were detected bilaterally, located at the junction of the upper third of each lobe. The patient was told to see his primary care physician.

“For example, a solitary 1.5 cm thyroid nodule that is partially cystic (25-75%) in a 55-year-old woman has an estimated risk of 5.23%, whereas a 3.2 cm solid nodule in a 30-year-old man who has ...

With anaplastic thyroid cancer—a very rare form that makes up only about 1 percent of thyroid cancer cases—nodules grow quickly. As the lump gets bigger, it could push against the windpipe and ...