Hot Nodule at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Hot Nodule? When radioactive material is used to examine the thyroid with a scanner, nodules that collect more radioactive material than the surrounding thyroid tissue are considered hot. Hot nodules are rarely malignant. Hot nodules are sometimes called hyperfunct

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