Controversies in medicine: Thyroid nodules ‘‘head or tails’’

Ovalle Berumen, Jesús Fernando (2016) Controversies in medicine: Thyroid nodules ‘‘head or tails’’. Medicina universitaria, 18 (70). pp. 55-57. ISSN 1665-5796

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Undoubtedly, thyroid nodules are one of the most common pathologies a physician faces in clinical practice. Not only the endocrinologist, but also the internist and the first contact physician, this situation obeys to the fact that this thyroid gland alteration is highly prevalent amongst the general population. Statistics on the prevalence of this pathology vary from series to series. However, the numbers indicate that between 4% and 7% of the general population present one or more nodules on their thyroid and, as in all diseases related to this organ, they are more frequent in females

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