Study of Prevalence of Thyroid Lesions of Patients Coming to Department of Pathology, SBMCH

Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine neoplasm. It is well documented that the incidence of thyroid cancer is higher in women than in men and its incidence is growing at a global level. As the pathology of thyroid is complex, which comprises a benign element (that can coexist with other pathologies), and also a malignant element which has a devastating impact on the patient. Reports have shown that the patients’ age when being diagnosed, sex, tumour size, lymph node, distant metastases and pathologic differentiation of the cancer are the risk factors of prognosis in thyroid cancer.

The present study consists of 60 cases of thyroid masses which were removed surgically and were sent for the Histopathological Examination to our department (Department of Pathology, SBMCH). All these specimens were received from the Department of Surgery, SBMCH. The present study highlighted the prevalence of thyroid lesions among patients coming to our department of pathology, SBMCH.

The prevalence of thyroid specimens coming to our department from all the departments is 2.70%, out of the specimens from the surgery department, the prevalence of thyroid specimens is 6.68%.The ratio between M: F is 1: 4.5.The mean age group in which thyroid lesions are seen most commonly is 40–49 years followed by 30–39 years and the mean age is 43.08 years.

Among the distribution of thyroid lesions, the prevalence of papillary carcinoma cases were reported as more common which were of 41.67% in this study followed by nodular colloid goitre of 36.67%. Follicular Adenoma cases were reported as 16.67%. Follicular carcinoma cases were reported as least prevalence of 5%.