Prevalencia de pacientes con nódulos tiroideos clasificados con estudio histológico mediante PAAF en un grupo etario de 30- 50 años en el Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo durante el periodo de septiembre 2018- marzo 2019.

Abstract

Introduction: Thyroids nodules refers to any unusual growth in the thyroid gland, the one that is in the front part of the neck, it is responsible for making thyroids hormones. Most thyroids nodules are benign, but it is true that there is a considerable percent that can reach the cancerous type. Objective: To Know the number of patients with benign Thyroid nodules that can evolve to cancerous type in the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital. Methodology: A quantitative, retrospective and descriptive investigation was made in the Endocrinology’s Area of the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital, during the period from September 1 of 2018 to March 31 of 2019. Conclusion: The study sample was around 221 patients with thyroid nodules, which the 57,9% of them evolves to cancerous thyroid nodules according to Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital data base, regardless of age. Thyroid nodules are a pathology that predominates in the female gender, because the high number of 95% of the 221 study sample patients were women. It was found that the patients whose thyroid nodules evolves to cancerous type were in Grade I (32,8%), It can be inferred that the most patients with grade I presented a hidden grade IV o higher. It can be inferred that the use of TIRADS classification generates confidence from high grades of the classification and that the technique applicated depends a lot on the sonographer’s ability.