Abstract

INCIDENCE OF PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMAS IN BASRAH CITY

*Dr. Huda Adnan and Dr. Sawsan Salih Al-Haroon

Abstract

Introduction: The incidence of papillary thyroid cancer has increased at high rate. Most of cases occur among females and is being sixth most common cancer in the females. Papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC) are mainly diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAc) and histologically; and treatment choices depends upon cancer stage. Aim: To estimate the incidence of papillary thyroid carcinomas in Basrah city and analyse the results with published data. Methodology: A total number of 78 cases were collected from histopathological governmental and private pathologic laboratories during two years period (2018 and 2019). Demographic data were based on age, sex and subtypes of PTC. Results: The incidence of papillary thyroid carcinoma for the two years 2018 and 2019 was found to be 1.37 and 1.41 per 100,000 population, respectively. The most frequent sub-type of the papillary thyroid carcinoma was the classical one (66.7%), while the least was the tall cell (2.6%). Also, the occurrence of other types of thyroid carcinomas was close to the percentage of PTC. PTC was mostly predominant in females (89.7%) and the mean age of the patients was 35 years. Conclusion: The incidence of PTC for 2018 and 2019 were 1.37 and 1.41, respectively, which means there is no great difference in the incidence of PTC for these two years. The classical variant of PTC was the most predominant subtype and higher rates of occurrence among females. Other types of thyroid carcinomas were closely similar to the percentage of PTC. PTC occurs at younger age group than other types of thyroid carcinomas.

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