Sumanth Mandava1 , Tarun Chowdary Gogineni2 , Vasu Reddy Challa3 , Karthik Santosh Appaji4 Sriphani Reddy Puvvala5 , T. Jaya Chandra6
BACKGROUND
More thyroid malignancy cases occur in women. FNAC (Fine Needle Aspiration
Cytology) and histopathology play a key role in resolving this diagnostic challenge.
A study was conducted to correlate the age, gender parameters with the clinical
findings in thyroid malignancies by considering the histopathological examination
(HPE) as the gold standard.
METHODS
It was a prospective study conducted in the department of Surgical Oncology, GSL
Medical College, Rajahmundry, Malignant thyroid neoplasm individuals of any age,
either gender who were fit thyroidectomy were included in the study. FNAC of the
thyroid gland and lymph nodes was done. Data was analyzed using SPSS 21.0. Chi
square test was used to find the statistical significance. P > 0.05 was considered to
be statistically significant.
RESULTS
In this study, 52 HPE proven cases were studied, female male ratio was 5.5. Majority
(28.8 %) of the study subjects were belong to 21 – 30 years. Majority (36.5 %) of
the study volunteers had swelling for < 3 months and right side swelling was
common. Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PCT) was common.
CONCLUSIONS
Thyroid carcinoma was common among females and PCT was common. FNAC
contributed significantly to the preoperative investigation in thyroid swelling patients
but despite its well-recognized value there are limitations to the technique.
