Surgical pathology of thyroid diseases in the Northern part of Iraq

ABSTRACT

During the years 1978-1983, 1100 thyroid biopsies were received in the pathology department of Mosul Medical College. Analysis of these biopsies showed 79.1% colloid goitre [diffuse and nodular], 9.1% adenoma, 4.3% toxic goitre, 4.3% malignant neoplasm, 2.3% Hashimoto's thyroiditis, 0.5% de Quervain's thyroiditis, 0.3% parasitic infestation, 0.1% Reidle's thyroiditis, 0.1% tuberculosis, 0.1% pyogenic infection. The age and sex distributions were presented and some of the aetiological factors and preventive measures were reviewed