Volume : IX, Issue : II, February - 2020

THE INCIDENCE OF CARCINOMA THYROID -A CLINICO PATHOLOGICAL CORRELATION

Dr. T. Srinivasan, Dr. Prabhu H.

Abstract :

BACKGROUND : Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malig¬nancy, accounting for ~2.1% of all cancer diagnoses worldwide, with ~77% of these diagnoses occurring in women1. Approximately 90% of all thyroid cancers are differentiated, meaning that they arise from thyroid follicular cells and are generally iodine–avid (that is, able to take up iodine). Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common histological type of differ¬entiated thyroid cancer, followed by follicular thyroid carcinoma2. Worldwide trends in thyroid cancer incidence have been largely driven by an increase in PTC as opposed to other major histological types3 . Thyroid malignancies are divided into–Well–differentiated Carcinomas of which papillary carcinomas (80%), follicular carcinomas (10%), modularly thyroid carcinomas (5–10%) are the most common types, and Undifferentiated anaplastic carcinomas are less (1–2%). Primary thyroid lymphomas and primary thyroid sarcomas are rare. The recent rise in incidence of thyroid swellings is also recorded in India and may be traced to the increased patient awareness and also due to increased specificity of the investigations (8).The availability of trained pathologist in the interpretation of the cytology picture has contributed to a sensitivity of the diagnosis especially for malignancies of thyroid gland (11). METHODS : A prospective study was conducted at Coimbatore medical college hospital , Coimbatore. The study period is from June 2019 to December 2019 .The Study sample constituted 100 patients. RESULTS : There is an increase in the incidence of Carcinoma thyroid cases by about 0.6%. There is a shift in Age distribution to a younger age in our study to 37yrs. Malignant neck node presentation has been observed in 5.35% of patients.

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THE INCIDENCE OF CARCINOMA THYROID -A CLINICO PATHOLOGICAL CORRELATION, Dr. T.SRINIVASAN, Dr. PRABHU H. PARIPEX-INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-2 | February-2020


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