Prevalence and characterization of asymptomatic thyroid nodules in Assin North District, Ghana.

PLoS One · 2022 · PMC8809614 · PMID 35108333

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One study in Africa based on ultrasound imaging reported a prevalence of thyroid incidentalomas of 22.4% [ 11 ], while a number of studies elsewhere suggest an increasing trend of cancerous thyroid nodules [ 7 , 8 , 11 – 13 ].

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