Incidence of Malignancy in Egyptian Patients with Cold Thyroid Nodule (S) : Retrospective Study

Mohamed Atta Hassanain Swelam; Seleim Saeed Abd Elrahman Elnemr; Ahmed Mohamed El-Sayed

doi:10.12816/0049229

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Incidence of Malignancy in Egyptian Patients with Cold Thyroid Nodule (S) : Retrospective Study

Authors:

Mohamed Atta Hassanain Swelam | Seleim Saeed Abd Elrahman Elnemr | Ahmed Mohamed El-Sayed

Publisher:

Pan Arab League of Continuous Medical Education

Main Topics:

Medicine

Journal:

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine 2018 Vol.72 Issue 2, pp.3867-3872

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

123755

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

20907125

pISSN:

16872002

DOI:

10.12816/0049229

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Abstract:

 Background: this study was to evaluate the incidence of malignancy in Egyptian patients with cold thyroid nodule(s) after total thyroidectomy and histopathlogical analysis and the final result in our study was the incidence of malignancy in Egyptian patients with cold thyroid nodule(s) was (20%). Aim: the aim of the work was to evaluate the incidence of malignancy in Egyptian patients with cold thyroid nodule either solitary thyroid nodule or dominant cold nodule in multi-nodular goiter through retrospective study. Materials and Methods: the study was carried out on 30 Egyptian patients suffering from cold nodule(s) in the thyroid gland. Patients were managed at Al- Azhar University hospital; Cairo; Egypt. The study was controlled retrospectively. Ethical approval from the local Ethics Committee of Surgery Department was obtained. Results: according to the descriptive statistics of our study, the total number of cases was thirty patients, twenty-six of them were females and four were males, also the mean age of studied group was (37.87). The final results of post-operative histopathological examination were twenty-four cases diagnosed as benign and six malignant cases. Conclusion: in this retrospective study the final results of histopathological examination were 24 benign cases (80%) and 6 cases were malignant (20%). So in our study the incidence of malignancy in Egyptian patients with cold thyroid nodule(s) was (20%).

Article Details

Incidence of Malignancy in Egyptian Patients with Cold Thyroid Nodule (S) : Retrospective Study

Authors:

Mohamed Atta Hassanain Swelam | Seleim Saeed Abd Elrahman Elnemr | Ahmed Mohamed El-Sayed

Publisher:

Pan Arab League of Continuous Medical Education

Main Topics:

Medicine

Journal:

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine 2018 Vol.72 Issue 2, pp.3867-3872

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

123755

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

20907125

pISSN:

16872002

DOI:

10.12816/0049229

Descriptors:

MALIGNANT TUMOURS

THYROID GLAND

PATIENTS

HOSPITALS

EGYPT

Incidence of Malignancy

Cold

Thyroid

Nodule (S)

Retrospective Study

Issues

Article Details

Authors: Mohamed Atta Hassanain Swelam | Seleim Saeed Abd Elrahman Elnemr | Ahmed Mohamed El-Sayed

Publisher: Pan Arab League of Continuous Medical Education

Main Topics: Medicine

Journal: The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine 2018 Vol.72 Issue 2, pp.3867-3872

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 7/2018

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 123755

Frequency: Quarterly

eISSN: 20907125

pISSN: 16872002

DOI: 10.12816/0049229

Descriptors:

Issues

Authors:

Mohamed Atta Hassanain Swelam | Seleim Saeed Abd Elrahman Elnemr | Ahmed Mohamed El-Sayed

Publisher:

Pan Arab League of Continuous Medical Education

Main Topics:

Medicine

Journal:

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine 2018 Vol.72 Issue 2, pp.3867-3872

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

123755

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

20907125

pISSN:

16872002

DOI:

10.12816/0049229