ESPOCH Congresses (Sep 2021)

Relationship Between Thyroid Cancer and Hashimoto's Disease

  • Dr. Marcelo Ramiro Montúfar Silva,
  • Dra. Jessica Paola Cevallos Montalvo,
  • Dr. Byron Mauricio Sánchez Andino,
  • Dra. María Johanna Jima Sanchez,
  • Dra. Cecilia Alejandra García Ríos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18502/espoch.v1i6.9660
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 6
pp. 240 – 246

Abstract

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Abstract Introduction: Globally, Ecuador ranks fifth among the countries with the highest incidence of thyroid carcinoma in women, below Korea, Brazil, Italy and New Celedonia. The aim of this research was to mention the relationship between thyroid cancer and Hashimoto's thyroiditis at Pablo Arturo Suárez Hospital in Quito in the years 2014 to 2017. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted. The data were taken from the clinical records in the statistical service, 105 cases of thyroid cancer were found. In the laboratory results 21 patients had anti TPO and/or anti TG positive antibodies. Conclusion: 20% of patients with thyroid cancer had a history of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

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