Abstract

Objective: To find out the prevalence, presentation, disease patterns, operations of the thyroid gland and facilitate the prevention of complications and a risk factors for it. Study design: Cohort retrospective study. Setting: Academic tertiary care hospital. Subject and Methods: A total of 173 euthyroid benign and malignant goiter patient’s demographic data, diagnosis, operations, complications, and management options collection and analyzed who attended in the department of Otolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, Comilla Medical College, and Comilla Medical Centre, concern Clinic of Central Medical College, Comilla, Bangladesh from 01 July 2016 to 31 June 2019. Results: Incidence of euthyroid benign and malignant Goiter among outpatient was 0.12%, and the yearly prevalence of 33.34%. Out of 173, the male was 20 (11.56%), and the female 153 (88.44%), 30-39 years patients have the highest presentation was 60 (88.44%), 20-29 years 40 (23.12%), and 40-49 years 38 (21.97%), euthyroid benign goiter was 142 (82.08%), and malignant 31 (17.92%).

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  • Comilla Medical College Abstract- Objective: To find out the prevalence, presentation, disease patterns, operations of the thyroid gland and facilitate the prevention of complications and a risk factors for it

  • The majority of patients remain asymptomatic, but sometime 30-80% patients may complain of dysphagia and dyspnoea [8]

  • Diagnosis of thyroid swelling confirmed by history, clinical examination and investigation, and even suspected cancer in some instances [9]

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Comilla Medical College Abstract- Objective: To find out the prevalence, presentation, disease patterns, operations of the thyroid gland and facilitate the prevention of complications and a risk factors for it. Subject and Methods: A total of 173 euthyroid benign and malignant goiter patient’s demographic data, diagnosis, operations, complications, and management options collection and analyzed who attended in the department of Otolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, Comilla Medical College, and Comilla Medical Centre, concern Clinic of Central Medical College, Comilla, Bangladesh from 01 July 2016 to 31 June 2019. Introduction disease patterns, operations of the thyroid gland and facilitate the prevention of complications and a risk factors for it. Medical College, Comilla, Bangladesh from 01 July 2016 to 31 Wickham survey observed 15% of people existing with goiter in the iodine-exuberant area, and 7% of people

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