Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2017

HASHIMOTO’S THYROIDITIS VARYING CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS AND CHANGING MODALITIES OF TREATMENT

Khathir. S, Ravinthar. A, Chaitanya Krishna Ponnaganti, Radhakrishnan. D

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 Majority of the Hashimoto’s thyroiditis are managed medically. The role of surgery and the long–term complications of the disease in medically managed disease hasn’t been adequately studied. Aim: To study the varying presentations and the role of surgery in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. To study the incidence of malignancy in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Material and Methods: in this case series 100 patients were studied. This study was conducted from October 2015 to April 2017. The protocol for the study was approved by both Department of General Surgery and the Ethical Review Committee of Meenakshi Medical College and research Institute, Enathur, Kanchipuram. Results: Findings were tabulated accordingly. Conclusion: Most of the cases of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis an autoimmune disease are managed medically. In our study most of the patients presented for Multinodular goiter whose symptoms and swelling did not subside with medical management. In the patients who had FNAC suggestive of Hashimoto’s had malignancy on histopathological examination. So, the patients have to be under careful surveillance for malignancy. The patients who do not respond to medical management can be successfully managed with surgery

 

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Khathir. S, Ravinthar. A, Chaitanya Krishna Ponnaganti, Radhakrishnan. D, HASHIMOTO�S THYROIDITIS VARYING CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS AND CHANGING MODALITIES OF TREATMENT, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-11 | November-2017

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