title: Thyroid carcinomas in Singapore autopsies.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, National University Hospital/National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Chong
mesh_terms: 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*