Table 1 Patient characteristics

Gender

male 8

female 43

Affected side

right 26

left 24

both 1

Fine needle aspiration cytology

diagnosable 18

unable to diagnosis 13

not performed 14

unknown 6

Pathology

thyroid tissue 28

adenomatous goiter 12

follicular adenoma 7

no pathology 4

Normal thyroid gland

present 34 (hypoplastic 3)

not present 17

Treatment

resection 39

internal irradiation 1

observation 8

unknown 3

Thyroid replacement therapy

Yes 18 (total thyroidectomy 9)

previously treated 2

No 25

unknown 6