Clinico pathological study of thyroid diseased patients admitted to Alexandria University Hospital: two years survey

Two years admission for patients with thyroid gland disease have been examined. From a total of 592 patients; 415 cases [70.1%] were simple goitre, 49 cases [8.3%] hyperfunctioning goitre, 22 cases [3.7%] thyroiditis, 67 cases [11.3%] benign neoplastic adenomas, and 39 cases [6.6%] were malignant goiter. In the present work an accurate preoperative diagnosis was achieved in 425 cases only with a clinical diagnostic accuracy of 71.79%. Post-operative histological examination of thyroid specimens was mandatory to reach a final diagnosis and to correct the high failure rate of clinical diagnosis