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Hi all, not sure if this thread is active but just wanted to join to share my experience. In 2011 I had a total thyroidectomy. Late last year I noticed a lump on the right side of my neck and went for ultrasounds and got referred to ENT. After 7 months I was seen and sent for more ultrasounds and biopsys as they were concerned the findings on the 2nd ultrasound might be sinister due to growth. It all moved quite quickly, I ended up going for a MRI under contrast and after many meetings it was confirmed the lumps discovered were benign (thankfully!) and that going off my surgical notes it's looking like it's the parathyroid gland growing that's been implated into the right sternomastoid in 2011 along with thyroid tissue regrowing in the same area at the side of the neck as well as tissue growing back where the thyroid used to be. I've been referred from my ENT consultant to another hospital and have an appointment next week with a general surgeon/endocrine surgeon at their Endocrine clinic. Not really sure what to expect as haven't been told why this has been done just that I'm being sent for him to review the case.. Will this need to be removed? Or will they just monitor it?

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I shared this in a previous post, but briefly, I had a similar situation where 20 years after a total thyroidectomy I found a lump in my neck. Several biopsies came back inconclusive, and my surgeon was sure it was benign. But after surgery they found solid Hurthle Cell cancer, which can't be detected until the mass is removed.