Although partial thyroidectomy has lower operative risk, it potentially caries the risk of leaving residual malignancy. The aim of this study was to establish malignancy rate in residual thyroid tissue in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) who underwent partial thyroid surgery and subsequently had completion thyroidectomy. We also investigated a number of clinical and biochemical...

Many patients present to the surgical department with a thyroid nodule. However not all require surgery and only 5-6% of these are malignant. There are many methods to diagnose and predict malignancy in a thyroid nodule. This study throws light on the usefulness of TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) estimation and its role in predicting malignancy. This is a prospective study involving 100 patie...

Introduction apillary carcinoma of thyroid is a common thyroid malignancy and most common endocrine neoplasia in those countries where iodine is sufficient or excess in their diet. Female are affected more commonly than male. Mean age of initial diagnosis of papillary carcinoma is 40 years. In case of children 90% of thyroid malignancy is papillary carcinoma. Papillary carcinoma of thyroid has ...

Introduction The clinical detection of thyroid nodules is increasing in our population, especially due to greater awareness and the use of imaging modalities in the neck. Thyroid nodules are clinically present in 5% of the population, and this prevalence increases considerably with the use of neck ultrasound.1 The incidence of malignancy in clinically apparent thyroid nodules varies from 5–20%,...

Replacing palpating fingers with an ultrasound (US) probe has resulted in an epidemic of thyroid nodules. Despite the high prevalence of thyroid nodules in the general population, thyroid malignancy is rare. Although no imaging modality can accurately predict the nature of every nodule, high-resolution US is the most sensitive, easily available and cost-effective diagnostic test available to de...

BACKGROUND Thyroid cancer is one of the most common secondary cancers after treatment of malignancy in childhood or adolescence. Thyroid gland is very sensitive to the carcinogenic effect of ionizing radiation, especially in children. Imbalance between pro- and anti-oxidant factors may play a role in thyroid carcinogenesis. Our study aimed to assess the relationship between genetic variability ...

Cutaneous manifestations of thyroid diseases can be divided into three groups:1-Specific lesions such as the thyroglossal duct cyst and cutaneous metastases form thyroid malignancy.2-Nonspecific signs secondary to thyroid hormone imbalance.3-Cutaneous signs of associated systemic and dermatologic disorders.This re...

INTRODUCTION Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the cornerstone of thyroid nodule evaluation. In most cases, FNAB can discriminate between benign and malignant disease. In other cases, it is only indicative of malignancy and the results are considered "suspicious". In Denmark, thyroid FNAB results are categorised into six groups: "inadequate", "cystic", "inconclusive", "benign", "suspiciou...