Common risk factors in the development of thyroid nodules include: older age, iodine deficiency, previous history of iodine deficiency and hypothyroidism, living in iodine deficient areas, family history of autoimmune diseases, multiparity, and smoking.
Thyroid nodule risk factors
Follicular thyroid cancer risk factors
Papillary thyroid cancer risk factors
Medullary thyroid cancer risk factors
Thyroid nodule other imaging findings
Thyroid adenoma causes
Thyroid adenoma laboratory findings
Thyroid nodule causes