PATTERN OF SURGICALLY TREATED THYROID DISEASE IN KARACHI

The study was carried out to evaluate the histologic spectrum of these surgically treated thyroid disease in Karachi. A total of 662 cases were collected, 570 were females and 92 were males i.e. 6.19:1 ratio. The age range was from 12 to 70 years. Multinodular goiter was the commonest thyroid disease (61.63%), follicular adenoma was encountered next, 93 cases (14.05%). Amongst 26 cases of thyroiditis, lymphocytic thyroiditis was seen in 22 (3.32%) which was commoner than Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (0.06%). The overall incidence of malignancy was 14.35%. Papillary carcinoma was found to have higher incidence (11.17%) than follicular carcinoma (1.81%)