Abstract

A COMPARISON BETWEEN ULTRASOUND RESULTS AND FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION RESULTS IN SURGICAL DISEASES OF THE THYROID GLAND

Kamal Al Hamasneh, Salim Nouneh, Khaled Adi, Lama AlHussami and Mhd. Nezar Alsharif*

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to study the comparison between Ultrasound and Fine Needle Aspiration results in surgical diseases of the thyroid gland. Materials and Methods: The variables recorded included gender, ultrasound test results, Fine Needle Aspiration results and surgical treatment used. Results: In our study, we had a 85.7% female prevalence. Most of the patients in their ultrasound results in our study had multinodular goiter in two lobes (26 patients, 37.1%). The FNA diagnosis results in our study was goiter in most of the cases (25 patients, 35.7%) and 11 patients (15.7%) had thyroid carcinoma (Papillary or anaplastic). Conclusion: This study shows the need for a bigger study on a larger scale in order to understand the effectiveness of Ultrasound compared to the accurate diagnosis using Fine Needle Aspiration.

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