Percentage of cold nodules that becomes malignant are?
High-Yield Explanation
ANSWER: (C) 20 %REF: Bailey and love 25th ed page 779See details of thyroid nodules in Surgery June 2011About 80% of discrete swellings are cold. The risk of malignancy is higher in "cold" lesions (20%) compared to "hot" or "warm" lesions (<5%).