Sourav Banerjee1*, Dipesh Darji2, Kalpesh Patel3, Vaishali Patel1 and Vaidik Chauhan4
12nd Year Resident, B.J Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
2Assistant Professor, B.J Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
3Associate Professor, B.J Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
4Senior Resident, B.J Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
*Corresponding Author: Sourav Banerjee, 2nd Year Resident, B.J Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Received: April 08, 2020; Published: June 17, 2020
Aims and Objective: Evaluation of Solitary thyroid nodule to differentiate benign from malignant lesion and establish correlation between USG, FNAC and Histopathological examination (HPE).
Materials and Methods: Study design: It is a prospective study of patients admitted in ENT department of Civil Hospital Ahmadabad for solitary thyroid nodule from August 2018 to October 2019.
Study Tools: A total 102 patients were evaluated. Help was taken from radiology department for USG neck screening and also from pathology department where FNAC and HPE findings are correlated.
Observation and Results: Out of 21 cases diagnosed as malignant on ultrasound, 18 were confirmed as malignant on FNAC, 3 were found to be benign. So, correlation between USG and FNAC is 85.7%.
Out of 21 cases diagnosed as malignant on ultrasound, 16 were confirmed as malignant by HPE, rest were found to be benign. So, correlation between USG and HPE is 76.1%.
Out of 18 cases diagnosed as malignant on FNAC, 16 were confirmed by histopathology postoperatively. So, correlation between FNAC AND HPE is 88.8%.
Conclusion: In our study correlation between USG and FNAC was 85.7%. Correlation between FNAC and HPE is 88%. Fine-needle aspiration cytology is recommended to be a cost-effective procedure in the initial assessment and management of thyroid nodules [3,6].
Detecting malignancy preoperatively allows total thyroidectomy in a single operation without the need of removal of remnant thyroid in second surgery.
Keywords: Solitary Thyroid Nodule; Benign; Malignant; USG; HPE; FNAC
Citation: Sourav Banerjee., et al. “Evaluation and Study of Solitary Thyroid Nodule in 102 Cases". Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 2.7 (2020): 04-06.
Copyright: © 2020 Sourav Banerjee., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.