[The dynamics of thyroid diseases in the inhabitants of Kiev and Kiev Province after the accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station].
Autoimmune affections of the thyroid gland were found to be on the increase as were Hashimoto's disease and follicular adenoma, as evidenced by a pathomorphic study in surgically removed thyroid glands of 12684 patients over 1984-1993. Rise in the frequency of malignant tumors was moderate. Increase in the incidence of papillary microcarcinoma against the background of another surgical pathology of the thyroid gland may be an unfavourable prognostic sign of further growth of morbidity of clinically manifest forms of carcinoma in Kiev and the Kiev Province.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011210:Power Plants; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data