Les Tumeurs Malignes de la Thyroïde

Abstract

Thyroid cancer is a malignant tumor of thyroid gland which presents most of the time as a nodul. It represents 1% of all malignancies. The aim of our study is to investigate the features of this cancer in our area and to compare our therapeutic procedures with data in literature. Records were reviewed retrospectively between January 2019 and April 2022 in BOUZIDI LAKHDAR BBA. 61patients with thyroid cancer were included in the study. The mean age is between 30and39years with a feminin predominance accounting for83,60%. All of our patients underwent ultrasound screening of the thyroid. Fine-needle aspiration was performed only for one patient The principal surgery was total thyroidectomy without lynphadenectomy. Hisopathological .examination has found 61 papillary carcinoma. The mean evolutive complications were recurrence and distant metastasis. Most thyroid cancers remain slowgrowing and have an excellent prognosis after appropriate treatment.