A clinico-pathological study of thyroid swellings at tertiary health care center
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RECENT TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Year 2016, Vol 20, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: Thyroid gland and its diseases are known to clinical practice since the time of Hippocrates and is still an important subject of interest. Normal thyroid function is necessary for physiological activity of most organs. Aims and Objectives: Clinico-etiological Study of Thyroid Swellings at Tertiary Health Care Center. Methodology: The Clinico-Etiological Study of thyroid swellings was carried out on 50 patients who attended the surgical Out Patient Department of Goa Medical College and were later operated. With informed written consent, all detailed history regarding the etiological factors, examination, investigations and operations were performed and histopathological examination was done. All the results are presented in the number and percentages. Result: The majority of the Patients were with age more than >50 i.e. 54% followed by; Obese 42%; K/C/O Diabetes 38%; K/C/O Hyperthyroidism 28%; K/C/O Hypothyroidism -24%; Family History Thyroid Swelling-8%; K/C/O AFP Syndrome 4%.Twenty-four of the cases studied had colloid adenomatous goitre. Three of the colloid goitre cases had associated follicular adenoma and 4 had associated thyroiditis. Six of the patients studied had follicular adenoma. Five cases of carcinoma were detected. Out of which 3 were of follicular type and a 2 cases had papillary type of carcinoma. Primary hyperplastic goitre was found in 4 cases. Four patients had colloid goitre associated with thyroiditis and a single patient had evidence of thyroiditis. Conclusion: In our study the most common etiological factors observed were age more than >30, Obesity, Diabetes, Hyperthyroidism, Hypothyroidism, Family History, AFP Syndrome. The common pathological features observed were colloid adenomatous goitre, Follicular adenoma, Thyroiditis, carcinoma, papillary type of carcinoma, Primary hyperplastic goitre etc.
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Namita Prabhu, Sanjay More
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