Características socio-demográficas y de estudios cito-patológicos en pacientes adultos con carcinoma de tiroides en el instituto del cáncer SOLCA Loja, periodo 2010 al 2014

Abstract

In order to determine the socio-demographic characteristics, cytological and histopathologic of patients with thyroid cancer, this quantitative, descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study was conducted by analyzing medical records of adult patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer the cancer institute SOLCA Loja during the years 2010 to 2014. Of the 124 medical records analyzed; the highest incidence was 90% in women (n = 111.6) with a mean age of 47 years. The correlation puncture fine needle aspiration (FNA) with the final diagnosis and intraoperative biopsy with the final diagnosis was positive in 74.20% (n = 92) and negative in a 25.80 (n = 32). AGES forecast the index for well-differentiated thyroid cancer ranked the 40% of patients (n = 49.6) in group IV, which indicates a 25-year mortality of 93%. Diagnostic methods of thyroid cancer are positively correlated for definitive diagnosis.