Abstract
The thyroid nodules occur quite frequent but, thyroid carcinoma is a relatively infrequent malignancy. Thyroid carcinoma is generally regarded as a condition of modest oncologic importance because it accounts for less than 0.5% of cancer deaths (less than 2% of all cancers). A sample of 196 patients with nodular thyroid enlargements who underwent thyroidectomies were included in this cross-sectional study. The diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma was confirmed in 18(9.2%) patients in this series. Most of the patients were presented with benign goiters, mainly nontoxic multinodular goiter. Cervical lymphadenopathy was present in 4(22.2%) at presentation. In ten patients out of the 18 patients (55.5%) diagnosed with carcinoma, it was possible to make a correct diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma before and at operation time. While in the remaining eight patients (44.5%) the diagnosis of carcinoma was made at a histopathological examination of the surgical specimens. In conclusion goiter affect female more than male. Nodular colloid goiter was the main pathology. Thyroid carcinoma reported in 9.18% of the sample with goiters. Papillary carcinoma was the commonest histopathological type among patients with carcinomas. Keywords: Goiter, multinodular goiter, carcinoma, ANF DOI : 10.7176/JHMN/66-04 Publication date :September 30 th 2019
Highlights
Thyroid carcinoma is generally regarded as a condition of modest oncologic importance because it accounts for less than 0.5% of cancer deaths[1], this reflects the combination of its low frequency of occurrence[1,2]
This study focused a concern primarily on the frequency of thyroid carcinoma in the general surgical practice among large number of patients with goiters
The diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma was confirmed in 18 patients in this series
Summary
Thyroid carcinoma is generally regarded as a condition of modest oncologic importance because it accounts for less than 0.5% of cancer deaths[1], this reflects the combination of its low frequency of occurrence (less than 2% of all cancers)(1,2). It carries good prognosis, 5 years survival rate exceeding (90%)(3). An aggressive surgical approach to the thyroid nodules started soon after its finding is necessary to permit control of cancer at its early stage. This was supported by Sokal[9] and Crile[10] study
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