European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Thyroid diseases are common in the Himalayan belt, especially in females. Objective -To classify thyroid lesions on cytology and study the association between a solitary thyroid nodule and radionuclide scintigraphy. Methods-This was cross-sectionalal and descriptive stu undertakenen in the Department of pathology and nuclear medicine.A total of 249 cases were studied between 2012-2013.All the thyroid lesions were catogorised on cytology.Radionuclide scintigraphy was done on 50 cases including solitary thyroid nodule.Result -Out of 249 cases, most of lesions were non neoplastic, colloid goiter being highest in number.out of 50 thyroid scan,30 were hypofunctional,13 were mixed functional and 7 were normofunctional.Out of these 13 cases were of solitary thyroid nodule out of which the maximum were hypofunnctional on scan including mostly colloid goiter and 2 papillary carcinoma.Conclusion -Most of thyroid lesions were hypofunctional on thyroid scan which were  mostly of colloid goiter and overlapping features of hyperplasia and thyroiditis.The number of solitary nodule was,less, but they correlated well