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Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc 2011; 49 (2)

Thyroid incidentaloma frequency in a university hospital

Tamez-Pérez HE, Rodríguez-Valadez F, Elizondo-Riojas G, Hernández-Coria MI, Gómez-de Ossio MD, Tamez-Peña AL

Language: Spanish
References: 14
Page: 197-200
PDF size: 31.25 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Background: the prevalence of thyroid incidentaloma is variable and always created the dilema of how to manage them. The objective was to determine the frequency of thyroid incidentalomas in a University Hospital.
Methods: a descriptive, transversal, prospective study was done; a non-probabilistic sample was used with patients who met the following criteria: ›18 years, indiscriminate sex, and an image that included neck: ultrasound, computed tomography and / or magnetic resonance. Patients with known or suspected thyroid nodule or any other thyroid disease and pregnant women were excluded. Descriptive statistics was used.
Results: 153 patients who had the criterion; 11 patients had an Incidentaloma (7.18 %). Female were more frequently with seven cases (63.6 %), the mean age was 56.9 years. Morphologically only a single thyroid nodule was detected. The nodules were smaller than 1.5 cm.
Conclusions: the prevalence documented in our study is smaller than other reports, it is proposed monitoring patients with thyroid incidentalomas according to current consensus guidelines.


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