Ultrasonographic Prevalence of Thyroid Incidentaloma in Bushehr, Southern Iran

Thyroid nodule is one of the most common endocrine disorders. 5%–10% of thyroid nodules undergo malignant degeneration. the objective of this study was todetermine the prevalence of thyroid incidentaloma in bushehr, southern iran.patients and methods: a total of 1503 consecutive 15 to 65-year-old patients who were referredto fatemeh zahra hospital for any ultrasonographic examination other than the thyroidgland were included in this study. all patients underwent dedicated thyroid ultrasound by a10 mhz linear probe for detection of thyroid nodules in the supine position.results: the prevalence of thyroid nodules was 13.6%. the nodules were observed in 17.5% ofthe women and 8.5% of the men. 61.8% of the nodules were smaller than 1 cm. thyroid noduleswere more frequent in older people.conclusion: bushehr has a high prevalence of thyroid nodules. the prevalence is age dependentand is higher in women than men.