title: Frequency of auto-immune thyroiditis in Burdwan Medical College and Hospital.
abstract: To study the efficacy of fine needle aspiration cytology as a diagnostic tool and also to find out the incidence of auto-immune thyroiditis in Burdwan a prospective study was undertaken among 131 patients with thyroid swelling presented to the department of ENT, Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, Burdwan, a rural based medical college. All patients underwent fine needle aspiration cytology. Out of them satisfactory aspirates were obtained in 130 cases. There were 31 cases (23.84%) of auto-immune thyroiditis among 130 cases. Auto-immune thyroiditis is the archetype for organ-specific auto-immune disorders. Incidence of auto-immune thyroiditis is increasing day by day. Their accurate diagnosis and management needs a team approach. The incidence of auto-immune thyroiditis patients is high in Burdwan Medical College and Hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, Burdwan.
authors.forename: Manotosh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Nazir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abdul Wasim
authors.forename: Ritam
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Pranab Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Maji
authors.forename: Anindya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dasgupta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology