Thyroid carcinomas in Singapore autopsies.
Four hundred and forty four thyroid glands were obtained from coronial autopsies from 1983 to 1984. These were fixed and serially sectioned. Forty five glands (10%) were found to contain carcinomas. Forty one of these were papillary carcinomas, 2 were follicular carcinomas and 2 were undifferentiated carcinomas. No medullary carcinomas were found.
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Department of Pathology, National University Hospital/National University of Singapore.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001344:Autopsy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*