With the addition of Mexico in 1994 FTA was superseded by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (French: Accord de libre-Ã©change Nord AmÃ©ricain (ALENA), Spanish: Tratado de Libre Comercio de AmÃ©rica del Norte (TLCAN)).
A nodule is a small mass of tissue which forms in or on the body, usually in response to injuries. Nodules are typically hard and they can be easily felt. For the most part, the masses are benign, requiring no medical action, but sometimes they can interfere with the function of the body, or they may be malignant.
An inflammatory nodule, caused by chronic inflammation of the thyroid, is one common type of nodule. Colloid nodules are another kind of nodule that may be seen in patients presenting with this type of thyroid mass. These overgrowths of tissue may become large, but do not grow past the area of the thyroid.