Malignancy risk in Bethesda class IV thyroid nodules in an iodine deficient region.

ABSTRACT:

Background

According to the latest guidelines, in patients with high-risk nodules with indeterminate cytology, diagnostic lobectomy should be the preferable surgical approach in the absence of factors that suggest a total thyroidectomy.

Methods

This retrospective observational study has as its main aim the evaluation of the cases that underwent surgery, for Bethesda class IV nodules in our iodocarent geographical area. Particular attention was paid to carcinoma incidence, preoperative nodule size, histological characteristics of the neoplasm, surgical approach and eventual need of radiometabolic treatment. A total of 320 patients were included that underwent surgery for Bethesda IV nodules, between January 2010 and December 2020, at the General Surgical Clinic of the Univers

SUBMITTER: Loderer T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10506119 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature