EP42 – Epidemiology and Clinical And Surgical Characteristics  of the Thyroid Cancer Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza 2012 – 2013

•   Norabuena, Gisela¹ 1 Service of Head, Neck and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, Perú   Background: Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer is increasing worldwide. This research was conducted in  Arzobispo Loayza National Hospital in Lima. Objective: To identify epidemiological, clinical and surgical characteristics of thyroid cancer in the Arzobispo  Loayza National Hospital in 2012 and 2013. Methods: a descriptive study, no experimental cross-section, of a total of 124 patients with thyroid cancer the sample was 44. Results: The prevalence of thyroid cancer in the surgery department of head and neck Arzobispo Loayza National Hospital is 21,29 cancers/ 100 patients and  21,32 cancers /100  patients in 2012 and 2013 respectively. The most common age group  are over 60 (18.25%). Dominates the female gender (88.6%) with a  female male  ratio of 7.8: 1. Total thyroidectomy (75%) was performed and 34.1% presented a history of goiter. The biopsy with fine needle aspiration (FNA), performed preoperatively patients presented malignant cytology in 52.3%. The most common pathological outcome papillary carcinoma was 90.9%, 4.5% follicular carcinoma, medullary carcinoma and anaplastic carcinoma with 2.3% each. Conclusion: The FNA as pathological findings in thyroid cancer, 45.5% had papillary carcinoma. With regard to the stage of diagnosis, stage I was (59.1%).   References:

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