Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Thyroid diseases are common diseases in the community. There are different surgical options for benign or malignant lesions. The aim of this study is to retrospectively examine patients who have undergone thyroidectomy, and to evaluate age, gender, nodule size, fine needle aspiration biopsy results, complication development, postoperative pathology results, and types of malignancy.

METHODS

In this study, 59 patients who underwent thyroidectomy at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) in Sanliurfa M.Akif Inan Training and Research Hospital between September 2018 and June 2020 were evaluated retrospectively.

RESULTS

40 of the patients were female (67.7%) and 19 were male (22.3%). The mean age of the patients was 47.6 years and the age range was 32-74. The nodule size determined in the thyroid USG was between 8x7mm and 68 x 40mm (average 30.2 x 21.7mm).. Biopsy results; It was benign in 24 patients, atypia in 8 patients, nondiagnostics in 7 patients, papillary cell carcinoma in 10 patients, suspicion of malignancy in 8 patients, and follicular neoplasia in 2 patients. 25 patients underwent bilateral total thyroidectomy and 34 patients underwent unilateral total lobectomy. Postoperative pathology results; In 42 (71.1%) patients, benign (nodular hyperplasia, benign colloidal nodule, lymphocytic thyroiditis, hachyimato thyriditis) were reported as malignant in 17 (29.9%) patients. 15 of the malignancies were papillary carcinoma and 2 were follicular carcinoma.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

In this study, the distribution of patients undergoing thyroidectomy and histopathological diagnoses in malignant patients are similar to those in the literature. However, the rate of malignancy after thyroidectomy is higher than the literature. This situation can be explained by repeating the biopsy when every patient needs to perform a fine needle biopsy before the surgery, showing sensitivity in patient selection, and avoiding unnecessary indications.