ULTRASOUND SCREENING OF THYROID GLAND AMONG A SECTION OF POPULATION IN CENTRAL KERALA
| Autor: | Anu Kooliyedathu Balan, Mattavana Ramakrishna Pillai Balachandran Nair, Kiran Thilakarajan, Ashok Chirathalattu Babu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Gynecology
endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study endocrine system diseases lcsh:R5-130.5 business.industry Section (typography) Population Thyroid medicine.anatomical_structure Hypothyroidism Ultrasound screening medicine Ultrasound Screening education business lcsh:General works |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, Vol 4, Iss 50, Pp 3043-3047 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 2349-2570 2349-2562 |
| DOI: | 10.18410/jebmh/2017/603 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Thyroid diseases are commonest endocrine disorders in India. Studies have shown that one in ten adults in India suffer from hypothyroidism. But it is often underdiagnosed and goes undetected for years. The present study was intended to perform thyroid ultrasound screening among a section of Thrissur population for evaluating the prevalence, various patterns of thyroid pathologies, its age and sex relation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ultrasound screening for thyroid gland was done for 100 individuals selected from a skewed population of St. Joseph’s Church, Kuriachira, Thrissur, Kerala between Nov. 16– Nov. 30 of 2016. RESULTS Among 100 individuals, 51 were found to have thyroid diseases. Among these 51, various patterns of thyroid diseases were noted; thyroiditis (17), multinodular goitre (12), benign nodules (17) and atypical nodules (7). 47 out of 73 females and 4 out of 27 males had thyroid abnormalities. The study also demonstrated that prevalence of thyroid disease was more in the age group of 60-70 years (78.5%). CONCLUSION Our study demonstrated high prevalence of thyroid diseases (5 in 10) in the study population. Association with increasing age and female predisposition for thyroid diseases also noted. |
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