THYROID PATHOLOGY IN GABONESES AT THE HOSPITAL CENTER OF LIBREVILLE, GABON - STUDY OF 137 CASES

Authors
NTYONGAPONO MP
Citation
Mp. Ntyongapono, THYROID PATHOLOGY IN GABONESES AT THE HOSPITAL CENTER OF LIBREVILLE, GABON - STUDY OF 137 CASES, Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales, 91(3), 1998, pp. 226-228
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath",Pathology
Journal title
Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales → ACNP
ISSN journal
00379085
Volume
91
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
226 - 228
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-9085(1998)91:3<226:TPIGAT>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
From November 1991 to December 1996, 158 patients of whom 137 were Gab onese were examined at the Hospital Center of Libreville (department o f internal medicine ''B'') for a thyroid disorder: The retrospective a nalysis of their files showed a large majority of women (94.2%) and th e main diseases were euthyroidgoiter (54.7%) Graves' disease(13.1 %), hypothyroidism (8.8%) thyroiditis (6.6%), toxic muitinodular goiter (6 .6%) while about 10% of goiters remained unclassified.