An audit of patients admitted with lump in the neck in Surgical Department of Muhammad Medical College Hospital Mirpurkhas.
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Lump in the neck is a common surgical problem. We looked upon 180 patients admitted in Surgical Ward of Muhammad Medical College Hospital over a two years period. 123 were female and 57 male patients. 75 (41.7%)
arose from thyroid (67 benign and 8 malignant). A third of lumps totaling 60 (33.3%) arose from lymph nodes. Of
these, 35 were tuberculous, 23 malignant and 2 had other causes. Unlike many studies done in developing countries, more swellings were found arising from thyroid than lymph nodes. Among lymphadenopathies, tuberculosis
was commonest diagnosis.
Key Words: Head and Neck Swellings, Lymph Nodes, Goitre.
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