BACKGROUND Palpable thyroid nodules are present in 4-7% of general population and Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) is now accepted by endocrinologists and thyroid surgeons as a safe, simple and cost effective procedure for evaluating a thyroid nodule. The obtained sample can be spread directly on slides, processed as cell block preparations or prepared as liquid base smears. Liquid base method has ...

BACKGROUND Edo North, which is a known goiter belt in Nigeria, is within the catchment area of this hospital. Although thyroid disease is prevalent in the communities, the fear and cost of surgery have been limiting factors for sufferers who should otherwise seek expert care. AIM To review all thyroid surgeries at Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, to determine pathological diagnosis of goit...

BACKGROUND Pancytopenia is a rare complication of hyperthyroidism. Various mechanisms have been described such as immunological, bone marrow suppression. The possibility of hyperthyroidism should be considered in patients with unexplained pancytopenia. There are many case reports showing the association between hyperthyroidism and pancytopenia. All of these reports show association between Grav...

OBJECTIVES To assess the incidence of hypothyroidism after hemithyroidectomy and to identify risk factors for the development of hypothyroidism. DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING A tertiary care academic medical center. PATIENTS The study included 90 patients who underwent a hemithyroidectomy from 1999 to 2004. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Hypothyroidism was defined as a serum thyrotropin...

This systematic review examined whether the available evidence justifies using hepatic resection (HR) during later stages of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which contravenes treatment guidelines but is current practice at many medical centers.Official guidelines and retrospective studies recommend different roles for HR for patients with large/multinodular HCC or with HCC involving macrovascul...

OBJECTIVES In this retrospective study, we reviewed the data from patients who had total thyroidectomy for benign thyroid disease and evaluated the safety of this surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS Three hundred and twenty three patients (49 males, 274 females; mean age 42.6+/-14.1 years; range 13 to 80 years) who underwent total thyroidectomy between 2002 and 2008 were included in the study. In t...

A woman of 28, with absence of comorbidity, family history negative for thyroid disease, was in treatment at our out-patients surgery for Hashimoto’s thyroiditis with levothyroxine. The sonographic followup in May 2011 revealed the presence of a suspicious lump. The patient underwent FNAB (type 5) with bilateral cervical-lymphadenopathy suspicious for disease. The patient underwent total thyroi...

BACKGROUND A study had reported that a low TSH level is associated with elevated plasma fibrinogen (FIB) levels. Our purpose was to investigate the role of FIB in the differential diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis. METHODS The data of 104 patients with primary thyrotoxicosis at the First Hospital of China Medical University from July 2010 to March 2011 were analyzed and divided into three groups: 4...

BACKGROUND Horner's syndrome is a very rare complication following surgery of the thyroid gland with only a handful of cases reported in the literature. Exact pathophysiology of post-thyroidectomy Horner's syndrome is not fully understood, and once diagnosed, management remains mostly conservative. CASE PRESENTATION A 36-year-old Sri Lankan Sinhalese woman developed unilateral partial ptosis ...

A retrospective, comparative review of 100 consecutive new outpatients presenting with hyperthyroidism in Cardiff, South Wales, and in Toronto, Canada, was performed. The aim was to quantify the causes of hyperthyroidism with particular emphasis on the prevalence of viral thyroiditis and "silent" thyroiditis. The proportional morbidity of Graves' disease (approximately 70%) was similar in the t...