Clinical,radiological,radio-isotope and histopathological findings of patients with solitary cold nodule thyroid,keeping in view the main outcome measures i.e.,frequency of carcinoma and type of carcinoma

Aim: to record the clinical,radiological,radio-isotope and histopathological findings of all patients with solitary cold nodule thyroid,keeping in view the main outcome measures i.e.,frequency of carcinoma and type of carcinoma. methods: it was a hospital based study so,subjects were selected according to inclusion criteria from the outpatient department of otolaryngology,shaikh zayed hospital,lahore during september 11,2012 and completed on november 11,2012 and were entered in the study. results: the age range was 15 to 65 years. the average age was 40±10 years. the male patients were 33 (25.38%) and 97 (74.61%) patients were female. male to female ratio was 1:3.33. out of these patients 28 (21.54%) diagnosed as having carcinoma in solitary cold nodule. 14(50%) were male and 14(50%) were female. 3(3.71%) had follicular carcinoma and remaining 25(89.28%) had papillary thyroid cancer. conclusion: it is concluded that solitary cold nodule thyroid is prevalent in female population .once diagnosed proper workup should be done to rule out malignancy .mostly,differentiated thyroid cancers (i.e.,papillary and follicular carcinomas) present as solitary cold nodule thyroid. papillary carcinoma is more prevalent than the follicular cancer.