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- • Iodine deficiency is associated with follicular carcinoma , which is more common in iodine-deficient areas such
- as Germany.
- • Iodine abundance is associated with papillary carcinoma, more common in areas using iodized salt (United
- States) or a high-iodine diet (Iceland).
- • Patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis have an increased incidence of lymphoma of the thyroid gland.
- • There is a slight increased risk of thyroid cancer in patients with chronic TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone)
- elevation, usually as a congenital defect, or other thyroid abnormalities.
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