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- Title
Rate of autoimmune thyroid disease in thyroidectomised patients in Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital.
- Authors
Al-Khateeb, Maitham M.; Al-azzwi, Ahmed Saadi Mahdi; yehia, Abd alkareem
- Abstract
Back ground: Autoimmune thyroid disease commonly presents as a goiter which may be diffuse or nodular and is usually associated with raised titers of thyroid antibodies, and usually affects 2-5% of the western Population. Aim of study: To know the rate of autoimmune thyroid disease in thyroidectomised patients in Al-yarmouk teaching hospital. Patients and methods: A prospective study performed in Al-yarmouk teaching hospital and Al-mustansiriya medical college, in which patients who underwent thyroidectomy for thyroid gland enlargement were included during a period of one year from March 2011 to March 2012. These cases have been assessed both clinically and by investigations including thyroid function tests, thyroid auto-antibodies (anti-thyroglobulin antibodies TG) and (antithyroid peroxidase antibodies TPO), ultra-sound of thyroid gland and FNAC of thyroid gland, the results were compared to the histopathological results of the same patients, and P value calculated. Results: sixty cases with goitre (operated upon) in the surgical wards of Al-yarmouk teaching Hospital were included, 10 cases had positive serological results for autoimmune thyroid disease (3 cases 5% Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and 7 cases 11.6% Grave's disease) were diagnosed and the diagnosis was proved by post-operative biopsy results. the commonest symptom was thyroid gland enlargement and the commonest age incidence was in the 4th decade. Conclusion: These findings suggest the possibility of using quantitative indicators of thyroid auto-antibodies as predictors of the presence or absence of autoimmune thyroid disease in patients planned for thyroidectomy.
- Subjects
THYROID diseases; GOITER treatment; AUTOIMMUNE disease treatment; THYROIDECTOMY; TEACHING hospitals
- Publication
Iraqi Journal of Community Medicine, 2018, Vol 31, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
1684-5382
- Publication type
Article