title: [Thyroid masses: an analysis of 131 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We retrospectively analyzed patients undergoing surgery for thyroid masses.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 131 patients (80 males, 51 females) who underwent surgery for thyroid masses between 1993 and 2007 were evaluated with respect to clinical findings, histopathologic diagnoses, and treatment modalities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The thyroid masses were found benign in 48.1% and malignant in 51.9% of the patients. Forty-one females (65%) and 22 males (35%) had benign thyroid masses, while 39 females (57%) and 29 males (43%) had malignant thyroid masses. According to histopathologic results, the most common benign and malignant diagnoses were multinodular goiter (n=57, 43.5%) and papillary carcinoma (n=50, 38.2%), respectively. The mean duration of complaints was 58 months for benign and 30 months for malignant tumors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Thyroid operations are becoming increasingly common in otorhinolaryngologic surgical procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medicine Faculty of Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sedat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cağli
authors.forename: Imdat
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yüce
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bayram
authors.forename: Ercihan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Güney
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*