A patient says that she has recently noticed a lump in the front of her neck below her "Adam's apple" that seems to be getting bigger.During the assessment,the finding that reassures the nurse that this may not be a cancerous thyroid nodule is that the lump (nodule):

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Mobile nodules that are not hard are in all probability noncancerous.A painless,rapidly growing nodule,especially a single nodule in a young person,should be considered suspicious.Also,cancerous nodules tend to be hard and are fixed to surrounding structures.

A Patient Says That She Has Recently Noticed a Lump