<prompt> Answer this question truthfullyWhat other imaging findings are associated with thyroid adenoma?  <response>: <reason> Nuclear medicine can be used to image the thyroid with radioactive technetium or iodine imaging of the thyroid. Cold 85 of thyroid nodules are cold and 8 of cold and warm thyroid nodules are malignant. Functioning nodules The cells in the nodule take up the iodine much like a normal cell does The likelihood of cancer is very low in these types of nodules and a biopsy is usually not necessary. Hot 5 of thyroid nodules are hot. Malignancy is virtually nonexistent in hot nodules. An 123 I scan showing a hot nodule, accompanied by a lower than normal thyroid stimulating hormone, is strong evidence that the nodule is not cancerous. 