Incidence of cancer in nodular goitres.
- Author:
Hee-Nee PANG
1
;
Chung-Ming CHEN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Biopsy, Fine-Needle; Female; Goiter, Nodular; diagnostic imaging; pathology; surgery; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Pathology, Clinical; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Singapore; epidemiology; Thyroid Neoplasms; diagnosis; epidemiology; pathology; Ultrasonography
- From:Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore 2007;36(4):241-243
- CountrySingapore
- Language:English
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Abstract:
INTRODUCTIONNodular goitres occur commonly in the population and this paper aims to determine the incidence of thyroid cancer found in these goitres.
MATERIALS AND METHODSThis is a retrospective, consecutive analysis of the histology of 268 nodular goitres that had been operated on, from 2002 to 2004, in a single tertiary hospital in Singapore.
RESULTSFifty-seven goitres (21.2%) with multiple nodules were found to contain a malignancy. Forty-four thyroid cancers (77%) were of the papillary type. The mean age of presentation for benign nodular goitres was 47.9 years. The mean age of presentation for malignant thyroid tumours was 49.25 years.
CONCLUSIONThe incidence of cancer is significant in nodular goitres and these malignant tumours are usually of the papillary type.
