FIG. 2.

Counts and proportions of 42 reasons provided for referral to surgery for the 28 surgical referrals in this study. Other reasons provided for surgical referral included abnormal gland appearance (n=1), abnormal physical exam (n=1), family history of thyroid cancer (n=1), enlarging nodules (n=1), Grave's disease (n=1), Hashimoto's thyroiditis (n=1), patient history of breast cancer (n=1), multiple other large nodules (n=1), election of preventative surgery (n=1), patient preference (n=1), and symptoms not otherwise specified (n=2).