Lymph nodes are located throughout the body. They are small, bean-shaped glands that play a crucial role in the immune system. During an infection, a person may notice swollen lymph nodes. The body ...

A 48-year-old woman, status post-total thyroidectomy followed by radioactive iodine ablation for locally metastatic papillary thyroid cancer, was sent to me by one of the other endocrinologists in my ...