Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río (Sep 2018)
Clinical and cytological characteristics in people with nodular thyroid disease
Abstract
Introduction: nodular thyroid disease has increased its prevalence in recent years. The cytological study is the cornerstone for decision making in the management of this entity and offers the best predictive value in the pre-surgical assessment. Objective: to describe clinical and cytological characteristics of patients with nodular thyroid disease who underwent fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional study comprising the period from January to December of 2016. The target group included 873 people who underwent thyroid FNAB at Abel Santamaría Cuadrado General Teaching Hospital. The cytology records of the Department of P Anatomy were reviewed, collecting the data of all the patients who performed this procedure and the ultrasonographic reports. The variables studied were age, sex, size of the nodule, cytological diagnosis. The data were processed using Microsoft Excel. Frequency distribution tables were made. Results: 90.4 % of the sample corresponded to female gender; 26.6% belonged to the age group between 40 and 49 years, 83.2 % had a nodule between 1 and 1.9cm; 0.9 % of the nodules were diagnosed as malignant. Conclusions: female gender predominated and the age group between 40 and 49 years, the most frequent cytological diagnosis was benign. Thyroid malignancy increased with age.
