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Koc AM, Adıbelli ZH, Erkul Z, Sahin Y, Dilek I. Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of ACR-TIRADS, American Thyroid Association (ATA), and EU-TIRADS guidelines in detecting thyroid malignancy. Eur J Radiol 2020; 133:109390. [PMID: 33181485 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2020.109390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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PURPOSE This study aims to compare three guidelines according to their diagnostic accuracy in the management of thyroid nodules. METHODS A total of 540 patients with 597 thyroid nodules were enrolled in this study. Sonographic images were classified and scored with the American Thyroid Association (ATA-2015), American College of Radiology (ACR), and European Thyroid Association (EU) Thyroid Imaging, Reporting, and Data Systems (ACR-TIRADS and EU-TIRADS) guidelines. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) was performed, and cytopathological results were reported with the Bethesda system. Outcomes of these three classification systems were then correlated with Bethesda results. RESULTS FNAB procedures revealed a total of 447 benign and 45 malignant nodules. With guideline dedicated FNAB criteria; 38 malignant nodules could have been diagnosed with ATA-2015, which is followed by 34 nodules with ACR-TIRADS, and 31 nodules with EU-TIRADS. Nonetheless, 301 benign nodules would have been biopsied with ATA-2015, 143 benign nodules with ACR-TIRADS, 222 benign nodules with EU-TIRADS. The accuracy rate was found to be highest with ACR-TIRADS (59.93 %); while 55.20 % with ATA-2015 and 51.25 % with EU-TIRADS. The sensitivity and specificity ratios of these guidelines were as follows; ATA-2015 (82.22, 53.47), ACR-TIRADS (48.89, 60.63), and EU-TIRADS (86.67, 48.99). A total of 23 nodules (3.8 %) could not be classified with ATA-2015. CONCLUSION Diagnostic strengths, unnecessary recommended FNAB rates, and categorization capabilities differ among various guidelines. Clinicians and interventional radiologists should keep in mind these features in the management of thyroid nodules.
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- Ali Murat Koc
- Department of Radiology, Sağlık Bilimleri University, Izmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
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- Department of Radiology, Sağlık Bilimleri University, Izmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
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- Department of Pathology, Sağlık Bilimleri University, Izmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
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- Department of Pathology, Sağlık Bilimleri University, Izmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
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- Department of Radiology, Sağlık Bilimleri University, Izmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
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Karakose S, Cordan I, Gonulalan G, Karakose M, Kurtgoz PO, Baloglu I, Turkmen K, Guney I. THYROID DISORDERS PREVALENCE IN A COHORT OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS. ACTA ENDOCRINOLOGICA-BUCHAREST 2020; 16:324-328. [PMID: 33363654 DOI: 10.4183/aeb.2020.324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Context As the life expectancy prolongs, malignancy has become an important issue in renal transplant recipients (RTRs). Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy with ongoing increase in incidence all over the world. Objective and design This is a cross-sectional study that investigates the thyroid disorders and the prevalence of thyroid nodule and cancer in RTRs. Subjects and methods 204 RTRs were evaluated for the thyroid diseases with ultrasonography, serum thyroid stimulating hormone, free T4, free T3 levels, anti-thyroglobulin antibody and anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody levels; FNAB was carried if required. Results 191 patients (94.1%) had normal thyroid function. Subclinical hypothyroidism was diagnosed in 11 patients, subclinical hyperthyroidism in 1 patient and low T3 syndrome in 4 patients. The FNAB was performed in 17 (27.9%) from 61 patients with thyroid nodule. The cytological examination of biopsy materials revealed that 2 (11.8%) nodules were suspicious for malignancy, 13 (76.5%) were benign, and 2 (11.8%) with non diagnostic cytology. Thyroid cancer prevalence was 0.2% in Turkey but we detected that 0.98% of RTRs had thyroid cancer. Conclusions Screening the RTRs for thyroid disorders is necessary, so that early diagnosis and appropriate treatment of thyroid disease and cancer may improve the quality of life.
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- S Karakose
- University of Health Sciences - Konya Training and Research Hospital, Dept. of Nephrology, Meram, Turkey
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- Necmettin Erbakan University - Dept. of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Meram, Turkey
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- KTO Karatay University - Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorders, Selçuklu, Konya, Turkey
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- Necmettin Erbakan University - Dept. of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Meram, Turkey
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- University of Health Sciences - Konya Training and Research Hospital, Dept. of Nephrology, Meram, Turkey
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- Necmettin Erbakan University - Dept. of Nephrology, Meram, Turkey
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- Necmettin Erbakan University - Dept. of Nephrology, Meram, Turkey
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- University of Health Sciences - Konya Training and Research Hospital, Dept. of Nephrology, Meram, Turkey
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Musa IR, El Khatim Ahmad M, Al Raddady FS, Al Rabih WR, Elsayed EM, Mohamed GB, Gasim GI. Predictors of a follicular nodule (Thy3) outcome of thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology among Saudi patients. BMC Res Notes 2017; 10:612. [PMID: 29169383 PMCID: PMC5701341 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-017-2943-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Objective A retrospective study was performed to evaluate predictors of thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) outcomes among Saudis with a thyroid nodule. Socio-demographic data, thyroid function status, thyroid parameters, ultrasound and cytology results were collected from 269 files of patients with thyroid nodules. Result The patients’ age was 40 ± 1.4 years (mean ± SD), and the mean body mass index (BMI) was 30.3 ± 1.2 kg/m2. The thyroid statuses were euthyroid (85.5%), hypothyroidism (7.4%) and hyperthyroidism (7.1%). Young age, an absence of irradiation history, and multinodular goitre were protective against Thy3 [(OR = 0.05, CI = 003–0.6, P = 0.024), (OR = 0.4, CI = 0.2–0.8, P = 0.012) and (OR = 2.5, CI = 1.2–5.3, P = 0.016), respectively]; a lower FT3 was protective against Thy4 (OR = 0.4, CI = 0.2–0.99, P = 0.046), the absence of cervical lymphadenopathy was associated with Thy2 (OR = 2.7, CI = 1.4–5, P = 0.001), and a solid nodule was associated with Thy2 and Thy3 [(OR = 1.2, CI = 0.3–0.97, P = 0.040) and (OR = 2.2, CI = 1–4.8, P = 0.039), respectively]. In a multivariate analysis, younger age, multinodular goitre, an absence of irradiation history and cervical lymphadenopathy were protective against Thy3 [(OR = 0.04, 95% CI = 0.002–0.96, P = 0.047), (OR = 2.4, 95% CI = 1.0–5.60, P = 0.039), (OR = 0.4, 95% CI = 0.16–0.94, P = 0.036) and (O R = 0.39, 95% CI = 1–5.6, P = 0.039), respectively]. In summary, younger age, multinodular goitre, the absence of an irradiation history and cervical lymphadenopathy were protective against Thy3 in a thyroid nodule.
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- Imad R Musa
- Armed Forces Hospital, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Al-Neelain University, Khartoum, Sudan.
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Sahu N, Padhy RN. Bayesian analysis of high-resolution ultrasonography and guided fine needle aspiration cytology in diagnosis of palpable thyroid nodules. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2016; 84:S1808-8694(16)30229-4. [PMID: 27939854 PMCID: PMC9442883 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2016.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2016] [Revised: 09/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION To evaluate diagnostic accuracy of high-resolution ultrasonography in differentiation of benign and malignant thyroid nodules in comparison to results of guided fine needle aspiration cytology based on the Bayes rule. OBJECTIVE To assess the validity of ultrasonography results of thyroid nodules in comparison to guided fine needle aspiration cytology findings. METHODS This study was done on randomly chosen 80 patients presented with palpable thyroid nodules, undergone real-time sonographic evaluation of thyroid nodules to characterize features, internal consistency, margins, echotexture, calcification, peripheral lucent halo and vascularity. Ultrasonography guided fine needle aspiration cytology studies of thyroid nodules were done. RESULTS Palpable thyroid nodules were highly prevalent in fourth and fifth decades of life with female-male ratio, 4:1. Solid internal consistency was demonstrated by 75% malignant nodules. Hypoechogenicity and intra-nodular micro-calcifications were observed in 92% malignant nodules; 83% malignant nodules had intra-nodular vascularity and absence of peripheral halo. The pre-test prevalence of malignant nodules in the targeted population was 17.5%. As type I error, 2.5% false-positive cases and as type II error, 5.0% false-negative cases were detected. Values of sensitivity and specificity of the ultrasonography test were 71.43 and 96.97%, respectively. CONCLUSION Malignant thyroid nodules demonstrated ultrasonography characteristics of hypoechoic texture, intra-nodular micro-calcifications, solid consistency, internal vascularity and absence of peripheral halo. The ultrasonography test has 92.5% diagnostic accuracy to differentiate malignant from benign lesions in comparison to the gold standard fine needle aspiration cytology test.
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- Niranjan Sahu
- Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University, Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Odisha, India
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- Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University, Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital, Central Research Laboratory, Odisha, India.
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Kaliszewski K, Diakowska D, Wojtczak B, Strutyńska-Karpińska M, Domosławski P, Sutkowski K, Głód M, Balcerzak W, Forkasiewicz Z, Łukieńczuk T. Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy as a Preoperative Procedure in Patients with Malignancy in Solitary and Multiple Thyroid Nodules. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0146883. [PMID: 26784518 PMCID: PMC4718628 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2015] [Accepted: 12/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is a recognized technique for the basic, preoperative cytological diagnosis of thyroid nodules. AIM OF THE STUDY To analyze the accuracy of FNAB in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer in patients with solitary and multiple thyroid nodules and to compare the demographic, clinical and pathological characteristics of patients with thyroid carcinoma in solitary and multiple tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS The case records of 2,403 patients with solitary and multiple thyroid tumors treated consecutively between 2008 and 2013 were analyzed retrospectively. We selected 1,645 for further analysis. A solitary thyroid nodule was observed in 493 patients, and multiple nodules were detected in 1,152 patients. Further classification of the patients in these two groups was performed on the basis of the FNAB results, type of surgery performed and histopathology. TC was histopathologically confirmed in 166 patients, and benign disease was found in 1,479. The TC patients were assigned to the study group, and those with benign thyroid disease were placed into the control group. The study group was divided into two subgroups according to the presence of cancer in a single thyroid nodule or in multiple nodules. Malignancy in a solitary thyroid nodule was diagnosed in 98 (59.0%) patients, and cancer in multiple nodules was diagnosed in 68 (41.0%). Comparative analyses of the demographic, clinical and histopathological characteristics were performed for both subgroups. The following statistical analyses were performed: comparative characteristic of subgroups, ROC analysis for study group and subgroup of patients, and multivariable logistic regression analysis for study group. RESULTS The rate of prediction of TC by FNAB was three times higher in the patients with a solitary thyroid nodule compared with those with multiple thyroid nodules and it was statistically significant (p<0.001). The rate of total thyroid resection and lack of necessity for reoperation were also significantly higher in the TC patients with a solitary nodule. The histopathological results showed that significantly more patients with a solitary nodule had advanced-stage TC (stage III or IV) and tumor progression (pT3 or pT4) (p = 0.002 for both). ROC analysis demonstrated that the overall accuracy of FNAB as a predictor of thyroid cancer presence was high, especially for the subgroup of patients with a solitary thyroid nodule (AUC = 0.958, p<0.0001). Multivariable logistic regression analysis confirmed that a positive FNAB result was the sole predictor of the performance of total resection in the TC study group (p<0.0001), while a negative FNAB result and the presence of a papillary cancer type were independent predictors of the risk of reoperation (p<0.0001 and p = 0.002, respectively). CONCLUSIONS FNAB often produces false-negative results in patients with multiple malignant thyroid tumors, which results in reoperation in many cases. False-negative FNAB results are rare in patients with a solitary tumor. Because of the low predictive capacity of FNAB for thyroid cancer in patients with multiple thyroid tumors, total thyroid excision should be considered in most cases despite a "negative" (no malignant) FNAB result.
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- Krzysztof Kaliszewski
- 1st Department and Clinic of General, Gastroenterological and Endocrine Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- 1st Department and Clinic of General, Gastroenterological and Endocrine Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- 1st Department and Clinic of General, Gastroenterological and Endocrine Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- 1st Department and Clinic of General, Gastroenterological and Endocrine Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- 1st Department and Clinic of General, Gastroenterological and Endocrine Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- 1st Department and Clinic of General, Gastroenterological and Endocrine Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- 1st Department and Clinic of General, Gastroenterological and Endocrine Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- 1st Department and Clinic of General, Gastroenterological and Endocrine Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- 1st Department and Clinic of General, Gastroenterological and Endocrine Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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Ozogul B, Akcay MN, Akcay G, Bulut OH. Factors affecting hypocalcaemia following total thyroidectomy: a prospective study. Eurasian J Med 2015; 46:15-21. [PMID: 25610288 DOI: 10.5152/eajm.2014.03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 08/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE After thyroidectomy hypocalcaemia is the most significant complication for clinicians. In this study, we investigated the factors associated with development of hypocalcaemia after thyroidectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS We investigated the patients prospectively for age, gender, preoperative diagnosis, hormonal status, operative time, operating surgeon, existence of parathyroid gland injury at the operation, parathyroid gland auto-transplantation, preoperative use of anti-thyroid drugs and amount of bleeding at the operation. After operation in 1 and 2 days, serum calcium and phosphor, and in the 1 day parathyroid hormone values were evaluated. The chi-square test was applied in the analysis of categorical variables. Logistic regression model was used to determine the risk of hypocalcaemia in the univariate analysis. RESULTS Hypocalcaemia developed in 47 of 196 patients. Female gender, preoperative diagnosis of thyroid cancer and toxic nodular goitre, <3cm nodule size, parathyroid injury and auto-transplantation and low vitamin D levels were factors found to be associated with hypocalcaemia in the Logistic regression analysis. CONCLUSION The factors associated with hypocalcaemia were defined to be "gender, preoperative diagnosis, parathyroid gland injury, nodule size and vitamin D deficiency", it is a multifactorial problem and it would not be proper to define a few etiological factors.
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- Bunyami Ozogul
- Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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Arpaci D, Ozdemir D, Cuhaci N, Dirikoc A, Kilicyazgan A, Guler G, Ersoy R, Cakir B. Evaluation of cytopathological findings in thyroid nodules with macrocalcification: macrocalcification is not innocent as it seems. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 58:939-45. [DOI: 10.1590/0004-2730000003602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2014] [Accepted: 08/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Objective Microcalcification is strongly correlated with papillary thyroid cancer. It is not clear whether macrocalcification is associated with malignancy. In this study, we aimed to assess the result of fine needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB) of thyroid nodules with macrocalcifications. Subjects and methods We retrospectively evaluated 269 patients (907 nodules). Macrocalcifications were classified as eggshell and parenchymal macrocalcification. FNAB results were divided into four groups: benign, malignant, suspicious for malignancy, and non-diagnostic. Results There were 79.9% female and 20.1% male and mean age was 56.9 years. Macrocalcification was detected in 46.3% nodules and 53.7% nodules had no macrocalcification. Parenchymal and eggshell macrocalcification were observed in 40.5% and 5.8% nodules, respectively. Cytologically, malignant and suspicious for malignancy rates were higher in nodules with macrocalcification compared to nodules without macrocalcification (p = 0.004 and p = 0.003, respectively). Benign and non-diagnostic cytology results were similar in two groups (p > 0.05). Nodules with eggshell calcification had higher rate of suspicious for malignancy and nodules with parenchymal macrocalcification had higher rates of malignant and suspicious for malignancy compared to those without macrocalcification (p = 0.01, p = 0.003 and p = 0.007, respectively). Conclusions Our findings suggest that macrocalcifications are not always benign and are not associated with increased nondiagnostic FNAB results. Macrocalcification, particularly the parenchymal type should be taken into consideration. Arq Bras Endocrinol Metab. 2014;58(9):939-45
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Rahimi M, Farshchian N, Rezaee E, Shahebrahimi K, Madani H. To differentiate benign from malignant thyroid nodule comparison of sonography with FNAC findings. Pak J Med Sci 2013; 29:77-80. [PMID: 24353512 PMCID: PMC3809174 DOI: 10.12669/pjms.291.2595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2012] [Revised: 10/10/2012] [Accepted: 10/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of sonography and Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC). Methodology: This follow-up study was approved by review board and conducted at Endocrine Clinic and Radiology Department of Imam Reza, Kermanshah. The patients were diagnosed to have thyroid nodule examined by FNA and Sonography suspicious malignant cases underwent surgery. Results were entered in SPSS 11.5 chi-Square and Fisher exact test applied to compare malignant and benign nodule characters. Results: In this study 144 patients were examined and 14 cases (9.7%) had malignant nodule. Most of malignant nodules were single (p=0.001), solid (p < 0.001), hypo-echo (p=0.001), with irregular margins (p < 0.001) and with calcification (p=0.041). There was no significant relationship between malignancy and nodule size of larger than 15 mm (p=0.395). Compared with surgery, FNA sensitivity and specificity were calculated as 92.8% and 100% respectively. Conclusion: Based on the result of this study, thyroid nodule size must not be considered as a criterion for malignancy and thyroid nodules of any size must be suspected as malignant. Important criteria for malignancy include irregular edges, being solid, hypoechogenicity and being a single nodule respectively. Compared with Surgery, FNA Sensitivity and specificity were calculated as 92.8% and 100% respectively.
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- Mehrali Rahimi
- Mehrali Rahimi, Associate Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Medical School, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Nazanin Farshchian, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Medical School, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Eilkhan Rezaee, Researcher, Department of Radiology, Medical School, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Karon Shahebrahimi, Assistant Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Medical School, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Hamid Madani, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Medical School, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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Gungor O, Celik A, Kebapcilar L, Karaoglu O, Ersan S, Atilla K, Canda T, Bayraktar F, Yesil S. Incidence of thyroid dysfunction and thyroid cancer in renal transplant recipients: a single center experience. Ren Fail 2010; 32:167-71. [PMID: 20199177 DOI: 10.3109/08860220903541119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The prevalence of thyroid cancer in renal transplant population has not been widely studied, and there is no consensus on the management of thyroid cancer in transplant patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in thyroid hormone levels and investigate the incidence of the thyroid cancer after renal transplantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS From October 1989 to April 2007, 122 renal allograft recipients that were being followed underwent thyroid ultrasonography to determine nodules together with thyroid hormone levels. Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) was performed to the nodules > 10 mm or those with 8-10 mm diameter but with calcifications. RESULTS One hundred and eight patients (88.5%) had normal thyroid function. None of the patients had overt hypothyroidism, 2 had subclinical hypothyroidism, 10 subclinical thyrotoxicosis, and 2 low T3 syndrome. Mean thyroid volume was 14.2 +/- 7.2 ml. In all, 91.8% was diagnosed with goiter (n = 112). Seventy-two thyroid nodules were detected in 49 kidney allograft recipients (single nodule in 30, multiple in 19 patients). Eighty-four biopsy samples were reported as benign (n = 21, 87.5%), 8 as suspicious (n = 2, 8.3%), and 4 as inadequate (n = 1, 4.1%). After surgery, one of the patients (0.8%) with suspicious FNAB was reported as papillary thyroid carcinoma. CONCLUSION Because of the high incidence of thyroid dysfunction in transplant patients, screening of thyroid function should be a part of follow-up. Our results suggest that although frequency of nodules is increased in kidney transplant patients, prevalence of thyroid cancer is slightly, but not significantly, higher than that of the normal population.
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- Ozkan Gungor
- Department of Internal Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, 35340 Izmir, Turkey.
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