[Thyroid tumors. 83 operated cases]

The existence of a thyroïd tumour causes serious diagnostic problems. The retrospective analysis of 83 files collected between 1988 and 1993 (i.e. 6 years) allowed reviewing various diagnostic and therapeutic problems related to thyroid tumoral pathology in Burkina Faso. This pathology is more frequent in women (the sex ratio is 0.22). Clinical data show a high frequency of nodular goitre (87.95%) dominated by the multinodular form. The tumoral volume often proved impressive in most of our patients. Yet, at the histological analysis, 92.68% of thyroid tumours are benign, adenoma being in the lead (68.29% of cases). On the therapeutic level, in the absence of an isotopic exploration and extemporane analysis, surgical gesture was straightaway wide (60% of total or subtotal exerese). The post surgeries were satisfactory in general.