pattern of surgically treated thyroid disease in two general hospitals in Riyadh

ABSTRACT

Of 380 patients with surgically treated thyroid disease in Riyadh, thyroid malignancy was observed in 21%, thyroid adenoma in 31%, non-toxic nodular goiter in 28%, toxic nodular goiter and Graves' disease in 11%, Hashimoto's disease in 7% and tuberculous thyroiditis in 0.8%. the incidence of malignancy in resected thyroid specimens was high in the Saudi nationals [25%] as compared to the non- Saudi residents studied [11%]. Hashimoto 's disease was observed in 4% of the Saudi males in this study