The Correlation of age and gender with prevalence of histopathological patterns of thyroid diseases among Iraqi patients

Authors

  • Sala Jafar Nadhum Educational Labratory, Medical City, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
  • Adil R. Alsaadawi Educational Labratory, Medical City, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22317/imj.v5i3.1031

Keywords:

nodular hyperplasia, Thyroid, Papillary carcinoma

Abstract

Objectives:  The aim of this study  was to investigate the prevalence of  histopathological  patterns of thyroid lesions and their relation to age and gender in patients underwent total or near total and partial  thyroidectomy.

 Methods: 430  biopsy blocks examined for patients who had undergone total or near total and partial  thyroidectomy for  both non-neoplastic and neoplastic thyroid lesions, between January 2018 to December  2020 at Surgical Department, Medical city, Baghdad, Iraq.

Results:  Out of 430  thyroidectomy specimens, 275 (64%) cases of non-neoplastic lesions, and 155 (36%) cases of neoplastic lesions were present. There were 63 males and 367  females with a male to female ratio of 1:5.6. The age ranged in males  from 12 to 83 years with a mean age of 47.5 years and the age ranged in females from 10-68 years with a mean age of 39 years. In non-neoplastic lesions, the predominant lesion was the nodular hyperplasia  with 233 (84.7%) cases followed by Hashimoto thyroiditis with 24 (8.7%) . In neoplastic lesions, papillary carcinoma was the commonest lesion with 98 (63.2%) cases followed by follicular carcinoma with 11 (7%) cases.

Conclusion :

Nodular colloid goiter was the most common non –neoplastic lesion with female predominance . Papillary carcinoma was the most frequent thyroid cancer accounting for 84.4% of thyroid cancers.  with micropapillary  variant making 44.89 % with most cases occurring in the third and forth decade.There appears to be a slightly increased trend of papillary carcinoma diagnosis. The present study highlights the necessity for time to time assessment of neoplastic lesions in young and middle-aged female for initial detection.

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2021-09-26

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Nadhum, S. J., & Alsaadawi, A. R. (2021). The Correlation of age and gender with prevalence of histopathological patterns of thyroid diseases among Iraqi patients. Iraq Medical Journal, 5(3), 85–88. https://doi.org/10.22317/imj.v5i3.1031

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