Journal of Thyroid Disorders & Therapy
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-7948
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2167-7948
+44 1300 500008
Venkatachalapathy TS
Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College & Rl Jalappa Hospital And Research Centre,
Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India, 563101
India
Research Article
A Prospective Study of Clinical, Sonological and Pathological Evaluation of Thyroid Nodule
Author(s): Venkatachalapathy TS, Sreeramulu PN and Ramesh Krishna MaddineniVenkatachalapathy TS, Sreeramulu PN and Ramesh Krishna Maddineni
The diseases of thyroid form a major share of head and neck surgery. Clinical examination although very accurate in most cases, is inadequate in most areas especially in staging of thyroid malignancies and in detecting the multi nodularity of the gland. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the usefulness of clinical examination, FNAC and USG thyroid in the management of thyroid nodule and compare the efficacy of each of the investigation. Thyroid nodules are common in females of age group 31-40 yrs, all our patients presented with swelling in front of neck.
A total of 200 cases of solitary nodule thyroid evaluated from October 2007 to December 2011 At R L Jalappa hospital and research centre, kolar. In our study the sensitivity and specificity of FNAC was 74% and 100% respectively. FNAC helps in planning the correct management and avoids second surgery. The sensitivi.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2167-7948.1000109