The Relationship Between Vitamin D and Ultrasonographic and Cytological Findings of Thyroid Nodules
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Objective: There are reported associations between Vitamin D and some cancers, but the relationship between vitamin D and thyroid cancers has not been fully evaluated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between vitamin D levels and ultrasonographical, cytological and postoperative pathological data of the thyroid nodules.
Methods: The study included 225 patients who underwent thyroidectomy after thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) due to the presence of thyroid nodules.The preoperative ultrasonographical findings, the cytopathological results obtained after FNAB and thyroidectomy operation and serum vitamin D levels were recorded. The relationship between vitamin D levels and ultrasonographical and cytological findings of thyroid nodules was analyzed.
Results: There was no statistically significant relationship between vitamin D and ultrasonographical and histopathological results of thyroid nodules.
Conclusions: Our results showed that there were no relationship between Vitamin D and ultrasonographical characteristics, biopsy and surgery results of thyroid nodules. However, when we retrospectively examined our results, we observed that very few cases with malignancy were found to be benign in the preoperative FNAB evaluation. These patients had low vitamin D levels and a nodule size of more than 2.5 cm. We think that more extensive studies are needed to assess the association between malignancy and large thyroid nodules associated with vitamin D deficiencies.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Eray Atalay
0000-0002-9700-7019
Türkiye
Bilge Kağan Tur
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0000-0001-5989-2099
Türkiye
Gülizar Kutas Kurt
Bu kişi benim
0000-0002-6410-1981
Yayımlanma Tarihi
21 Aralık 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
30 Mart 2019
Kabul Tarihi
27 Temmuz 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 52 Sayı: 3