Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: We wanted to analyse the pathology results of thyroidectomies performed in the hospitals of Castilla La Mancha (Spain) between the years 2010 and 2013, inclusive.Material and methods: A retrospective, multicentre, descriptive study of the histopathological results of the 1567 thyroidectomies performed in the hospitals of the eight health districts in our region between the years 2010 and 2013.Results: The histopatholo...

Introduction: Sensitivity and specificity of thyroid cytology in our series of thyroidectomies were evaluated.Material and methods: A retrospective, multicentre study of 1567 thyroidectomies performed in the eight hospitals of Castilla La Mancha (Spain) during the years 2010–2013.Results: The cytological results were benign in 37.6% of cases, malignant or suspicious of malignancy in 17.3% (10 and 7.3% respectively). In 4.1% of...

Introduction: Retrospective study of patients undergoing thyroid surgery at the Hospital Virgen de la Luz, Cuenca (Spain) during the years 2010–2013.Material and methods: We evaluated data of 92 patients basically with nodular thyroid disease, who were studied and treated in our hospital.Results: Our series is made up of 92 patients (25% men and 75% women) with an average age of 52 years. The most common form of presentation (...