biopsy after surgery

[dart frog]

I have a multinodular goiter that has 8 nodules in the thyroid. They are fast growing, 4 new ones in the past 10 weeks. Biopsy done on only two nodules mid-march was negative.

I will have surgery next month to remove the entire thyroid. Is it common for them to re-biopsy after removal???

thanks

[MJ13]

It is my understanding that it is standard practice to see if the nodules were cancerous for certain.  My FNA came back suspicious for papillary cancer and I didn't find out for sure that I had cancer until the final pathology report came back 2 days after my TT.  It is necessary to see if the nodules were cancerous to determine what course of treatment is needed after surgery...i.s. is RAI necessary?  

[shaerich]

It is my understanding that they biopsy everything that they remove.  It's the main reason I had the TT... FNAs were not showing any cancer but some doctors were concerned that I DID have metastatic follicular cancer with my Tg levels being so high... and the only way to know was to take the whole darn thing out.  I also had lots of nodules and when final pathology came back benign I asked how accurate that was (FNAs are like 95% accurate) and the Dr. said it was 100% accurate b/c they look at everything.

Hope that helps.

Shae
multinodular goiter
TT 5/11/07
100mcg levoxyl

[dart frog]

Thanks!

My biopsy was done on 2 nodules which was negative but now I have 8 nodules so I was hoping they would biopsy again.