EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PROPHYLAXIS OF ENDEMIC GOITER IN THE BWA VILLAGE OF SIRAO (MALI)

A study was conducted in. Mall, in some villages exposed to iodine def iciency disorders (IDD). To treat and, above all, prevent endemic goit re, Lipiodol UF was dispensed in two ways: by intra-muscular injection (475 mg I) or by oral administration (48 mg I to 240 mg I). In two ca ses, hormone levels regained normal values and thyroid hypertrophies r egressed significantly. Nevertheless, the impact of the treatment on t he size of the goitres seems to be in favour of injections; which is p robably due to the fact that in the village which received Lipiodol UF per os, many goitres were nodular.