Thyroid Diseases in Northern Nigeria: A 15 year review

ABSTRACT

Four hundred and thirteen patients had surgery for goitre (range of specimen 20-2000G). The mean age of the patients was 34.4 years and the mean duration of goitre 7 years. Three hundred and twenty-one patients (77.7) had nodular colloid goitre. Fifty-four patients (12.8) had primary thyroid cancer; forty-one (10) had follicular adenoma. Of the cancers; 4. (0.9) had a mixed papillary - follicular pattern and 3 (0.9) were anaplastic. One (0.2) patient had a lymphoma. Thyrotoxicosis was responsible for 23 (5.6) of all patients with goitre; 17 patients (4.1) had infective thyroiditis. Ten (2.4) with giant goitres died