What is the next step in management of a thyroid nodule that was biopsied and classified as Bethesda III, but Afirma genetic testing reveals parathyroid signature?
Patient does not have hypercalcemia.
Answer from: at Academic Institution
This is not an uncommon clinical presentation of intrathyroidal parathyroid adenomas, diagnosed incidentally on molecular profiling of cytological indeterminate nodules (CIN). These adenomas most often have the imaging features of a TIRADS 4 thyroid nodule (with well-demarcated margins, solid, profo...
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Answer from: at Community Practice
Would also check PTH levels, of course.