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The incidence of thyroid malignancy in multinodulargoiter in Alkindy teaching hospital
Joint Authors
al-Ali, Thamir T.
al-Majidi, Ali K.
Matar, Iyad J.
Source
Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad
Issue
Vol. 58, Issue 1 (31 Mar. 2016), pp.29-31, 3 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad Faculty of Medicine
Publication Date
2016-03-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Back ground : The incidence of malignancy in multi-nodular goiter is thought to be low as compared with solitary thyroid nodule.
Objectives : Identifying incidence of malignancy in multi-nodular goiter.
Patients and Methods: This is a prospective study at Al-kindy teaching hospital from January 2013 to September 2015.
160 patient with multi-nodular goiter were included in the study (132females,28 males) their ages ranged between 17-75 years with a mean age of 35.88 years.
Each of the patients had special form of detailed information including history and physical examination ,results of investigations; all the patients had near total thyroidectomy.
All the specimens were fixed in formalin and sent for histo-pathological evaluation.
Results : Females affected by multi-nodular goiter more than males (132 females&28 males) with a ratio of 4.7/1 female to male ; 36.25 % of them were in the 4th decade of life ; the most common presenting symptom was mass in the neck (51.8 %) ; nodules affect both lobes +\- isthmus in 85.6% of the patients ; FNAC(fine needle aspiration cytology) in suspected nodules show atypical cells in 18% of the patients ; the pathological cause of multi-nodular goiter was thyroid tumor in 30 patient(18.7%) , (16 patient) by adenoma( 53.3%) and (14 patient) by malignancy (46.7%) ; the most common malignant tumor was papillary carcinoma in 85.7% followed by follicular carcinoma in 14.3%.
Conclusion : The incidence of malignancy is quite high 8.7% in multi-nodular goiter patient which makes near total thyroidectomy as preferable procedure in the treatment of the disease.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Matar, Iyad J.& al-Ali, Thamir T.& al-Majidi, Ali K.. 2016. The incidence of thyroid malignancy in multinodulargoiter in Alkindy teaching hospital. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad،Vol. 58, no. 1, pp.29-31.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Matar, Iyad J.…[et al.]. The incidence of thyroid malignancy in multinodulargoiter in Alkindy teaching hospital. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad Vol. 58, no. 1 (2016), pp.29-31.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Matar, Iyad J.& al-Ali, Thamir T.& al-Majidi, Ali K.. The incidence of thyroid malignancy in multinodulargoiter in Alkindy teaching hospital. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad. 2016. Vol. 58, no. 1, pp.29-31.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-685227
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 31
Record ID
BIM-685227