Fine needle aspiration cytology of thyroid nodules at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
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2007Author
Sang, CK
Sekadde-Kigondu, C
Muchiri, L.
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OBJECTIVE:
To determine the pattern of thyroidal nodules diagnosed by (FNA) cytology.
DESIGN:
A cross-sectional study.
SETTING:
Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH)--a University of Nairobi affiliated hospital.
SUBJECTS:
Forty two patients seen at FNA clinic at KNH between June and August 2001.
RESULTS:
The female to male ratio was 7:1, with the majority in the age group 31-50 years. Overall 88.1% patients had benign FNA cytologic diagnostic results, 2.4% had a malignant, and a suspicious result respectively and 7.1% were non-diagnostic. Cytological results were as follows, nodular goiter comprised 83.3%, non-diagnostic samples 7.1%, papillary carcinoma 2.4%, atypia 2.4%, thyroglossal cyst 2.4%, and thyroiditis 2.4%.
CONCLUSION:
The findings are comparable in terms of sex, age and FNA cytologic diagnostic results to other studies. FNA cytology offered clinicians the possibility of early diagnosis of benign (>70%) and malignant (<5%) lesions. The test was an out-patient procedure, safe, time saving, cost effective and helped determine the course of therapy in the management of patients with thyroid nodules.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17600980http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/38527
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Sang CK, Sekadde-Kigondu C, Muchiri L.,Fine needle aspiration cytology of thyroid nodules at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.,East Afr Med J. 2007 Mar;84(3):117-20.Publisher
College of Health Sciences,
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