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Welcome >Topics > I had a biopsy of my thyroid nodule > What are benign results?


What are benign results?

Benign results from a fine needle aspiration biopsy indicate that the sample is almost certainly (98-99%) not thyroid cancer. Although benign thyroid nodules may sometimes continue to grow larger or occasionally produce too much thyroid hormone, they will not spread beyond the thyroid gland to other parts of the neck or other areas of the body. There are several types of benign thyroid nodules including adenomas, adenomatoid nodules, adenomatous nodules, colloid nodules, and hyperplastic nodules.

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