MULTINODULAR GOITRE PRESENTING AS A CLINICAL SINGLE NODULE: HOW EFFECTIVE IS HEMITHYROIDECTOMY?

Abstract

When surgery for a clinically benign single thyroid nodule is indicated, hemithyroidectomy is an adequate surgical procedure in cases where the single nodule is subsequently found to be part of a multinodular goitre. Such patients can be reassured that the chance of clinical recurrence is low. Thyroxine replacement therapy appears not to prevent recurrence.