Clinicopathological study of thyroid swellings

A Study of Thyroid Swellings and Correlation between FNAC and Histopathology Results

Thyroid swellings are frequent cause for anxiety in patients as well as clinicians and proper accurate diagnosis is essential for their management. They cause cosmetic deformity, pressure symptoms related to trachea, esophagus and blood vessels. Fine needle aspiration is a popular, safe, accurate diagnostic method accepted worldwide for diagnosing thyroid swellings. It's limitations include fal...

Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma: a retrospective clinicopathological study

Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma (PDTC) is an independent thyroid cancer histotype. In spite of its scarcity, it represents the main cause of death from non-anaplastic follicular cell-derived thyroid cancer. However, given the newness of this entity, few data are available on its clinical behaviour and no explicit consensus sets its treatment. To report the experience of a tertiary medic...

Clinicopathological features of recurrent papillary thyroid cancer

BACKGROUND To investigate the clinicopathological features of recurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). METHODS A retrospective analysis on clinical and pathological data of 34 patients with recurrent PTC was carried out. A total of 281 patients with non-recurrent PTC during the same time period were chosen as the control group. RESULTS Patients were divided into three groups according t...

Management of isolated thyroid swellings: a prospective six year study of fine needle aspiration cytology in diagnosis.

OBJECTIVE To audit the accuracy and impact on the frequency of operation of fine needle aspiration cytology of isolated thyroid swellings. DESIGN Prospective analysis over six years of cytological predictions compared with histological findings. SETTING Thyroid clinic serving the Grampian region. PATIENTS 395 Consecutive patients presenting with an isolated thyroid swelling, 307 of whom u...

Salivary gland swellings.