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Introduction Most surgical thyroid disease involves lesions that produce thyroid enlargement—sometimes diffuse but usually nodular. This chapter will discuss lesions of the thyroid that produce nodules. We will describe and discuss the pathologic features of these lesions as well as…

History of Aspiration Biopsy The first report on the use of “needle puncture” is referred to in The Kitab al-Tarif ( The Method of Medicine ), the most influential book of Arab medieval medicine, authored by Albucasis or Abu al-Qasim…