title: [Thyroid tumors. 83 operated cases].
abstract: The existence of a thyroïd tumour causes serious diagnostic problems. The retrospective analysis of 83 files collected between 1988 and 1993 (i.e. 6 years) allowed reviewing various diagnostic and therapeutic problems related to thyroid tumoral pathology in Burkina Faso. This pathology is more frequent in women (the sex ratio is 0.22). Clinical data show a high frequency of nodular goitre (87.95%) dominated by the multinodular form. The tumoral volume often proved impressive in most of our patients. Yet, at the histological analysis, 92.68% of thyroid tumours are benign, adenoma being in the lead (68.29% of cases). On the therapeutic level, in the absence of an isotopic exploration and extemporane analysis, surgical gesture was straightaway wide (60% of total or subtotal exerese). The post surgeries were satisfactory in general.
authors.affiliation: Clinique chirurgicale et O.R.L. Centre Hospitalier National Yalgo Ouedraogo de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ouoba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wandaogo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002050:Burkina Faso; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy
vernacular_title: Les tumeurs du corps thyroïde. A propos de 83 cas opérés.