Open AccessBenign Thyroid Diseases: Are There Gender-Specific Differences for Diagnosis and Treatment of Nontoxic Thyroid Nodules? Results from a 4-Year Retrospective Analysis of an Endocrine Tumor Board
Author(s) -
Jasmin Mettler,
Stella Armefti,
Matthias Schmidt,
Michael Faust,
Marianne Engels,
Costanza Chiapponi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
visceral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.598
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2297-475X
pISSN - 2297-4725
DOI - 10.1159/000505499
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid nodules , thyroid , malignancy , endocrine system , thyroidectomy , biopsy , goiter , radiology , pathology , hormone
Benign nodular goiters are endemic in Germany and diagnostic thyroidectomy is one of the most frequent surgical procedures. Less than 10% result in a malignant finding which is a poor ratio in comparison to other European countries. There is a female preponderance in almost all thyroid pathologies according to the current literature but not much is known concerning gender-specific differences in thyroid nodules.