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Complications could include:
- Toxic Nodular Goiter
- Vocal Cord Paralysis
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Compression of trachea
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Compression of esophagus
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Difficulty swallowing or breathing; Hypothyroidism; Hyperthyroidism; Thyroid cancer; Toxic nodular goiter;
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Although goiters diminish in size, the thyroid may not return to normal. Sometimes thyroid function does not return after treatment, but thyroxin is easy to take as a pill.
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Toxic nodular goiter involves an enlarged thyroid gland that contains a small rounded growth or growths called nodules. These nodules produce too much thyroid hormone.
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Laryngeal nerve damage is injury to one or both of the nerves that are attached to the voice box.
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Vocal cord paralysis is the inability to move the vocal cords and the resulting loss of vocal cord function.
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