HISTOPATHOLOGY OF THYROID LESIONS: A CROSS- SECTIONAL STUDY

Abstract

Background- The thyroid gland lesions are the most common endocrine disorders encountered globally. Thyroid lesions may be developmental, inammatory, hyperplastic and neoplastic. - To nd out spectrum of various thyroid les Objectives Material & Methods- ions. A cross sectional study was conducted at ESIC Medical College, Kalaburagi from Jan 2019 to Jan 2022. Institutional Ethical Committee clearance was obtained. Patients who underwent Thyroidectomy procedures for various thyroid lesions were enrolled. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 16 and the data was analyzed and tabulated according to age and gender distribution. Results- Out of 148 specimens, 122 (82.43%) cases of nonneoplastic lesions and 26 (17.57%) cases of neoplastic lesions were present. There were 25 males and 123 females with a male to female ratio of 1:4.9. The age ranged from 16 to 73 years with most common age group of 21-40 years. In non-neoplastic lesions, the predominant lesion was the colloid goiter with 101 (82.78%) cases followed by lymphocytic thyroiditis with 10 (08.19%) cases and Graves disease with 07 (5.74%). In neoplastic lesions, papillary carcinoma was the commonest lesion with 14 (53.85%) cases followed by follicular carcinoma with 05 (19.23%) cases and follicular adenoma with 04 (15.38%) cases. There were also 02 (7.69%) cases of anaplastic carcinoma in neoplastic lesions. ConclusionColloid goiter and Papillary carcinoma were the most common benign and malignant thyroid lesions with a female predominance. Other uncommon lesions like anaplastic carcinoma were also noted.