Sounds like good results but do keep on top of it! You can request the other one be FNA'd when you have the repeat FNA done in 6 mos. I go for serial ultrasounds ev. 6 mos as I have a small 3mm on the left thyroid. I had 2 other benign follicular atypical removed in Jan which were not cancer but they found two very small cancer areas elsewhere in the gland upon final biopsy (papillary) so they watch the intact side very closely but mine resembles the benign follicular lesions they removed.
Also, you want to keep on top of it for size of growth .... you don't want it interupting anything else close to the thyroid or the hormone levels, etc.
Keep us posted~
Cheryl
Hi Em,
Thanks for your reply, the pattern is macro will look up the link you provided.
Thanks,
Kristy.
Sounds like it's a good result.
Colloid is generally a plus for benign from what I have read.
The pattern is also a key- micro vs macro- look that up there's alot online explaining that aspect.
Malignant usually has nuclei from what I understand- so bare would be good right?
Here's an article about follicular nodules:
http://www.papsociety.org/guidelines/Diagnostic%20terminology%201.doc
If you're worried, insist on further follow up- after all it's YOUR body and health.
Em
Oh I forgot to mention that the original ultrasound said that the nodules had well defined margins and were hypo to iso echoic but that the ultrasound they did when they did the biopsy said that the margins are ill defined and that it is iso echoic.
Thanks...