Clinical and Histopathological Profile of Patient With Solitary Thyroid Nodule in Tertiary Care Hospital in South India

Abstract

BACKGROUNDIncidence of malignancy in a solitary thyroid nodule is higher than in multinodular goitre. The prevalence of nodules in the general population is around 8% with greater predisposition in females. This study was undertaken to study the functional status of solitary nodules and to analyse the types of malignancy occurring in solitary nodules.

Predictive Validity of High-Resolution Ultrasonography as Compared to FNAC in Diagnosing Malignancy among Solitary Thyroid Nodules

“…14 Present study gave us finding that 68% of population had benign lesions incidence with solitary thyroid nodule.One study showed that Solitary Nodule of Thyroid was more common in female participants with incidence of Malignancy of 8%. 15 In our present study findings we discovered 100% of the population having swelling in neck as a clinical feature presented with solitary thyroid nodule while palpitation and dyspnoea were least observed. Our findings matched the conclusion given by a case study of solitary thyroid nodule.…”

Evaluation of Incidence of Malignancy in Solitary Thyroid Nodule at a Tertiary Care Hospital

“…Incidence rate The present study 18% Fenn et al [13] 12% Bhansali SK et al [14] 09% Rehman AU et al [15] 11% Naz Akhtar et al [16] 15.3% Historically, surgeons would perform routine surgical removal for every solitary thyroid nodule, but such a radical approach led to a tricky conundrum wherein many patients underwent unnecessary surgery for a STN that later turned out to be a benign lesion on histopathological examination.…”

“…Table 3 shows the comparison of incidence of Malignancy in solitary thyroid nodule with other studies [13][14][15][16].…”

“…In their study, Akhtar N et al noted that 42.7% of the patients were between 31-40 y. Incidence of malignancy in STNs was recorded to be at 15.3% [16].…”