61-year-old female with hard thyroid on exam. RIGHT LOBE MEASUREMENTS: 4.9 x 1.7 x 1.6 cmLEFT LOBE MEASUREMENTS: 5.2 x 1.4 x 1.3 cmISTHMUS MEASUREMENTS: 0.4 cmRIGHT LOBE: Predominantly solid right lower pole nodule with areas of increased echogenicity measures 1.6 x 0.9 x 1.2 cm.LEFT LOBE: Left upper pole predominantly solid nodule with scattered small echogenic foci measures 1.0 x 0.6 x 1.0 cm. More inferiorly, a smaller nodule in the mid polar left thyroid has mixed solid and cystic components.ISTHMUS: No significant abnormality noted.PARATHYROID GLANDS: No significant abnormality noted.LYMPH NODES: No significant abnormality noted.OTHER: No significant abnormality noted.
Bilateral predominately solid thyroid nodules as described above are amenable to biopsy.