BACKGROUND: Nodular @entity1374 is common throughout the world. Numbers of @entity1 with goitre are increasing worldwide, as also noted in Limpopo Province, South Africa (SA). Globally, thyroid nodules have been reported in 4 - 7% of the population on neck palpation and in 30 - 50% by ultrasonography. OBJECTIVES: To review the profile of @entity1374 in @entity1 with goitre presenting to the Department of Surgery at Polokwane Mankweng Hospital Complex (PMHC), Limpopo, SA, to characterise the pattern of @entity5 in @entity1 with goitre, and to determine the most common @entity259 . METHOD: A 6-year retrospective study (2003 - 2008) of all @entity1 with thyroid nodules who underwent thyroid surgery at PMHC. RESULTS: The study group included 90 @entity1 (mean age 45 years, range 4 - 80). The male-to-female ratio was 1:17 (5 @entity1 , 85 @entity1 ). Of these @entity1 , 80 (89.9%) had benign lesions, of which 52 (57.8% of the total) were @entity652 , 25 (27.8%) multinodular goitres (MNGs), 2 (2.2%) hyperplastic nodules and 1 (1.1%) @entity2621 . Ten @entity1 (11.1%) had malignant lesions (7 follicular carcinomas and 3 @entity1377 ), of which 2 were found in MNGs. CONCLUSIONS: @entity652 and @entity17152 were the predominant non-malignant conditions (85.6%). The prevalence of @entity259 in our study was 11.1%, and of all 90 @entity1 , 7.8% had @entity189 . The risk of @entity5 in @entity17152 was 8.9%. Rates of thyroid nodules and @entity189 were highest in @entity1 aged 41 - 60 years. We advocate that total thyroidectomy be considered for @entity17152 , because @entity17152 can harbour incidental @entity189 .

Nodular XXXX and @entity1374 : Experience at Polokwane Mankweng Hospital Complex, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'men'] @entity1377 :: ('MESH:D002291', 'Disease') :: ['papillary carcinomas'] @entity17152 :: ('CHEBI:21759', 'Chemical') :: ['MNG'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['malignancy'] @entity2621 :: ('MESH:D050031', 'Disease') :: ["Hashimoto's thyroiditis"] @entity189 :: ('MESH:D002277', 'Disease') :: ['carcinoma', 'follicular carcinoma'] @entity652 :: ('MESH:D000236', 'Disease') :: ['Adenoma', 'adenomas'] @entity259 :: ('MESH:D013964', 'Disease') :: ['thyroid cancer'] @entity1374 :: ('MESH:D013959', 'Disease') :: ['thyroid disease']
@entity1374 :: (MESH:D013959,Disease) :: ['thyroid disease']
