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  • Graves' disease, with and without nodules, and the risk of thyroid carcinoma

  • Y Erbil, U Barbaros, N Özbey, Y Kapran, M Tükenmez, A Bozbora, S Özarmağan
  • Journal:
    The Journal of Laryngology & Otology / Volume 122 / Issue 3 / March 2008
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    15 August 2007, pp. 291-295
    Print publication:
    March 2008
  • Objective:

    Thyroid nodules are frequently present in Graves' disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of thyroid carcinoma in Graves' disease patients, with and without ultrasonographically identified nodules, who subsequently underwent surgical treatment.

    Design:

    The study group included 150 consecutive patients with diagnosed Graves' disease who subsequently underwent surgery.

    Subjects:

    The patients were divided into two groups according to whether the pre-operative ultrasound scan showed diffuse parenchyma (group one; n = 70) or nodules (group two; n = 80).

    Results:

    Of the 150 patients, 18 (12 per cent) were found to have papillary thyroid carcinoma. Papillary carcinoma was found in seven patients (10 per cent) in group one and in 11 patients (1.7 per cent) in group two. After evaluating the overall groups, the incidence of carcinoma in the parenchyma outside a nodule was 67 per cent, whereas the incidence of carcinoma in a nodule was 33 per cent.

    Conclusion:

    Carcinoma can occur in Graves' disease patients without nodules, and the absence of nodules on ultrasonographic examination does not reduce the risk of malignancy.