From the Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Najran University Hospital, Najran University, Najran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Med J. 2022 Jul;43(7):735-742. doi: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.7.20220223.
To assess the cytological pattern of thyroid lesions in Najran, Saudi Arabia.
A retrospective study, from the period of January 2015 to December 2019. All patients with thyroid enlargement who were presented to different hospitals in Najran and assessed by fine needle aspiration cytology were included in this study.
Of 1353 cases, 1138 (84.1%) were female and 215 (15.9%) were male. Most of the thyroid lesions were benign (72.5%) including follicular nodules (39.5%), Hashimoto's disease (21.2%), and colloid nodules (11.8%). There were 107 (7.9%)cases of suspicious malignancy, and the most common malignant tumor was papillary carcinoma (10.2%). The 2 age group (21-40 years) was the common age to be diagnosed with malignant tumors, particularly in males. The 3 age group (41-60 years) was most affected by thyroid lesions, particularly in females.
Most of thyroid lesions in Najran were benign, and females were more affected by thyroid lesions than males. However, papillary carcinoma was the 4 most frequent thyroid lesion in females, while it was the 2 most frequent in males and diagnosed mainly in younger males (21-40 years). Finally, ages 21-60 years were associated with most of the thyroid lesions in both males and females.
评估沙特阿拉伯纳季兰的甲状腺病变的细胞学模式。
这是一项回顾性研究，时间范围为 2015 年 1 月至 2019 年 12 月。所有因甲状腺肿大就诊于纳季兰不同医院并接受细针穿刺细胞学评估的患者均纳入本研究。
在 1353 例患者中，1138 例（84.1%）为女性，215 例（15.9%）为男性。大多数甲状腺病变为良性（72.5%），包括滤泡性结节（39.5%）、桥本氏病（21.2%）和胶体结节（11.8%）。有 107 例（7.9%）为可疑恶性病变，最常见的恶性肿瘤是乳头状癌（10.2%）。21-40 岁年龄组是诊断恶性肿瘤的常见年龄，特别是男性。41-60 岁年龄组是最易患甲状腺病变的年龄，特别是女性。
纳季兰的大多数甲状腺病变为良性，女性比男性更容易受到甲状腺病变的影响。然而，在女性中，乳头状癌是第 4 常见的甲状腺病变，而在男性中则是第 2 常见的甲状腺病变，主要发生在 21-40 岁的年轻男性中。最后，21-60 岁年龄组与男性和女性的大多数甲状腺病变有关。
