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Minimal Invasive Resection of Large Retrosternal Thyroid Goiter
Published on: September 20, 2024
Incidence of cancer in nodular goitres
Hee-Nee Pang1, Chung-Ming Chen
1Department of General Surgery, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.
Introduction:
Nodular goitres occur commonly in the population and this paper aims to determine the incidence of thyroid cancer found in these goitres.
Materials And Methods:
This 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.
Results:
Fifty-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.
Conclusion:
The incidence of cancer is significant in nodular goitres and these malignant tumours are usually of the papillary type.
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