Thyroid disease in Blacks.
Three hundred and sixty consecutive patients with thyroid swellings were investigated and operated on at Ga-Rankuwa Hospital, Pretoria. Patients were referred from 34 homeland hospitals and from Caprivi, making this series a reasonable reflection of thyroid disease in Blacks. A noteworthy increase in the incidence of malignant thyroid tumours becomes evident when the series is compared with those in previously relevant publications. A more radical surgical approach is defended in the light of current neoconservatism.
D000038:Abscess / Q000453:epidemiology; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013019:South Africa; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology