Abstract
Objective: The thyroid gland is an important endocrine organ which settled between the deep fascias of the neck. Nowadays thyroid surgery is performing especially for malignancy. We aimed to investigate the rates and consequences of malignancy in older male patients who underwent thyroidectomy. Material-Method: We analyzed the data of patients who underwent thyroidectomy. Female patients were excluded from the study. Male patients were divided into two groups; under the age of 60 as Group 1 and over the age of 60 as group 2. According to histopathological results, patients were classified as benign and malignant. Tumor size of malignant ones compared with each other in each group. Also in malignant group ;histological subtype of the tumor and tumor focality- multicentriticy were investigated and multicencritic ones were noted. The demographic parameters and pathological findings of all patients were recorded and statistically analyzed by SPSS software. Results: A total of 727 (%20) male patients included in the study. Group 1 was accounted for 82.3% (n=598) and group 2 was accounted for 17.7%(n=129) of all cases. The average age of malignant patients was 46 in group 1 and was 67 in group 2. According to the histopathological results; the percentage of malignancy was higher in older male patients. The average tumor diameter was 16.3 mm in group 1 and 20.3 mm in group 2. The multicenticity was present in 12 (44.4%) cases of group 2 and in 26 (26%) cases of group 1. Conclusion:In our study in elderl men patients ; thyroid cancer insidance, tumor size and multicentricity is higher than the younger patients
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