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Pathologic diagnoses of thyroid nodules evaluated between 2006 and 2011.
| Benign n (%) | |
| Multinodular goiter | 133 (68.3) |
| Follicular adenoma | 40 (20.5) |
| Lymphocytic thyroiditis | 9 (4.6) |
| Hashimoto's thyroiditis | 8 (4.1) |
| Hurthle cell adenoma | 3 (1.5) |
| Graves' disease | 2 (1.0) |
| Total | 195 (100) |
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| Malignant n (%) | |
| Papillary cell carcinoma | 59 (77.7) |
| Follicular cell carcinoma | 8 (10.5) |
| Medullary cell carcinoma | 5 (6.6) |
| Hurthle cell carcinoma | 2 (2.6) |
| Anaplastic Carcinoma | 2 (2.6) |
| Total | 76 (100) |
