Thyroid Nodules in Children: A Single Institution's Experience

Table 1

Demographic, tumor, and clinical characteristics. Thyroid nodules were identified as malignant or benign based on pathologic characteristics. These nodules were then characterized based on patient age, gender, and preoperative workup including imaging or FNA.

	Entire cohort 𝑛=45
	Malignant	Benign
Total patients	9	36
Gender
Female	8	33
Male	1	3
Average age at diagnosis (years)	14.1	14.2
Average size of nodule (cm)	2.7	2.9
FNA
Yes	5	17
No	4	19
Radiologic imaging
Ultrasound	5	26
CT scan	3	1
Nuclear medicine	0	2
Ultrasound and 2nd modality	1	3