title: Thyroid disease in Uganda.
abstract: A five-year retrospective study of thyroid disease in an Uganda hospital shows that about 67% of cases are due to goitrous hyperplasia, with colloid diffuse goitre twice as common as nodular goitre. It also notes that goitre rates in neighbouring countries are high, and suggests that a survey to assess its prevalence in Uganda is necessary. I deficiency as an etiological factor and the advantage of a national salt iodization programme are discussed. The rising incidence of thyrotoxicosis (11.4%) is in keeping with its increasing frequency elsewhere in Africa. The incidence of neoplastic diseases of the thyroid is low. Chronic thyroiditis was not seen.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006042:Goiter / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007455:Iodine / Q000172:deficiency; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D014454:Uganda
chemical_list: D007455:Iodine