Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma in a Country of Endemic Iodine Deficiency (1994–2013)

Table 1

Demographic characteristics and the clinical presentation of FCTs in females and males.

	Female (/%)	Male (/%)	value
Age group (years)
≤19	3 (6.4)	0 (0.0)	0.277
20–29	8 (17.0)	5 (16.7)	1.000
30–39	5 (10.6)	2 (6.7)	0.699
40–49	7 (14.9)	8 (26.7)	0.245
50–59	11 (23.4)	11 (36.7)	0.301
≥60	13 (27.7)	4 (13.3)	0.168
Clinical presentation
Anterior neck swelling	42 (89.4)	26 (86.7)	0.730
Pathological fracture	0 (0.0)	2 (6.7)	0.149
Bone pain	2 (4.3)	1 (3.3)	1.000
Soft tissue swelling	3 (6.3)	1 (3.3)	1.000
Duration of symptoms at presentation (years)
1	8 (25.8)	5 (22.7)	1.000
2	2 (6.5)	4 (18.2)	0.201
3	4 (12.9)	6 (27.3)	0.175
≥4	17 (52.7)	7 (31.8)	0.315
Surgical specimens
Total thyroidectomy	22 (46.8)	14 (46.7)	1.000
Near total thyroidectomy	5 (10.6)	4 (13.3)	0.730
Lobectomy	12 (25.6)	4 (13.3)	0.256
Biopsy	8 (17.0)	7 (23.3)	0.562
Neck dissection	0 (0.0)	1 (1.3)	0.390