Comparative study of aspiration versus non-aspiration fine needle technique in thyroid nodule and its correlation with post-operative histopathological examination

The thyroid disorder is the most common endocrine disorder seen in clinical practice. Lesions of thyroid are predominantly confined to females in the ratio of 5:1, and this has been attributed to variations of thyroid hormone demand during female reproductive function and physiological events such as puberty, pregnancy and lactation. A discrete swelling (nodule) in one lobe with no palpable abnormality elsewhere is termed as solitary (or isolated) swelling. Nodules appear early in endemic goitre and later (between 20 and 30 years) in sporadic goitre, although the patient may be unaware of the goitre until his or her late 40s or 50s. All types of simple goitre ABSTRACT