Table 1: Histopathological distribution of thyroid cancer in the study population.
| Pathology | Total | Female | Male | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Classic PTC | 399 | 77 | 342 | 77.20 | 57 | 76 |
| Follicular | 27 | 5.2 | 24 | 5.4 | 3 | 4 |
| Medullary | 8 | 1.54 | 7 | 1.58 | 1 | 1.33 |
| Hurthle cell | 6 | 1.15 | 5 | 1.12 | 1 | 1.33 |
| Anaplastic | 3 | 0.58 | 2 | 0.45 | 1 | 1.33 |
| Follicular variant PTC | 51 | 9.84 | 44 | 9.93 | 7 | 9.33 |
| Oncocytic PTC | 12 | 2.3 | 11 | 2.4 | 1 | 1.33 |
| Poorly differentiated PTC | 4 | 0.8 | 4 | 0.90 | 0 | |
| Tall cell variant PTC | 4 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.67 | 1 | 1.33 |
| Diffuse sclerosing PTC | 3 | 0.58 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Columnar cell variant PTC | 1 | 0.19 | 1 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 518 | 100% | 443 | 100% | 75 | 100% |