Nevena Damjanov, MD

A 47-year-old woman who recently completed adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer has painless cervical lymphadenopathy of 1 to 2 cm. She has no fever, sore throat, cough, or unexplained weight loss, and she denies exposure to ill persons or animals.

A palpable nodule on the right lobe of the thyroid gland is detected in a 55-year-old woman. The nodule is firm and nontender and moves freely.