Association of single and multiple thyroid nodules with a higher incidence of malignant neoplasms

Associação de nódulos tireoidianos únicos e múltiplos com maior incidência de neoplasias malignas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17765/2176-9206.2024v17n1.e12235
Keywords: Nodule, Thyroid Neoplasms, Biopsy fine needle, Thyroid. Thyroidectomy

Abstract

To compare the prevalence of single and multiple thyroid nodules and associate them with the presence of thyroid cancers. An observational and retrospective study, carried out in a reference center for pathology and in a private hospital in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The data collected related to the period from January 2011 to December 2021. Patients were divided into two groups: those with single and multiple thyroid nodules. The variables were age, sex, size, location and number of nodules, ultrasound findings, cytology faced by fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNA) and histology of lesions. Regarding the characteristics of thyroid nodules, they exemplified greater irregularity and affected older individuals. In the calculation of the adjusted chance ratio, single and multiple nodules were compared, demonstrating a greater number of cases of single nodules with BETHESDA 4 classification. The present study did not observe differences between the association of single and multiple thyroid nodules with a higher incidence of malignant neoplasms.

Author Biographies

Camila Bollmann Bertoli, University of the Joinville Region
Medical student at the University of the Joinville Region (UNIVILLE), Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Maria Gabriela Schneider, University of the Joinville Region
Graduate of the Medicine course at the University of the Joinville Region - UNIVILLE
Rodrigo Ribeiro e Silva, University of the Joinville Region
UNIVILLE Medical Student
Leonora Zozula Blind Pope, University of the Joinville Region
Degree in Medicine from the Federal University of Pelotas - UGPel Medical Residency in Pathology at the Hospital de Clínicas of UFPR Pathologist at the Pathological Anatomy Laboratory of Hospital Dona Helena Professor of the Discipline of Systemic Pathology in the Medicine course at the University of the Joinville Region - UNIVILLE
Manuella Zatar Medeiros , University of the Joinville Region
Degree in Medicine from the University of the Joinville Region - UNIVILLE Medical Residency in Pathology at the Hospital de Clínicas of UFPR. Pathologist at the Pathological Anatomy Laboratory of Dona Helena Hospital - Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Professor of the Discipline of Basic Pathology and Toxicology of the Medicine course at the University of the Joinville Region - UNIVILLE.

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2024-06-30
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