The Clinical and Pathological Presentation of Thyroid Nodules in Children and the Comparison with Adult Population: Experience of a Single Institution

Table 2

Ultrasound characteristic of thyroid nodules.

	Group 1 (age 3–20)		Group 2 (age 21–90)		Significance
Age (min–max)	6–20		21–90
Age (mean ± SD)	15.1 ± 3.21		47.8 ± 13.2
Male	42	17.9	216	22.9
Female	193	82.1	726	77.1
		%		%
All patients	235		942
Patients with solitary nodule	152	64.7	331	35.1
Patients with multiple nodules	83	35.3	611	64.9
All nodules	327		1829
Cystic nodule	106	32,4	518	28.3
Hypoechogenic	173	52.9	729	39.9
Echonormal	29	8.9	194	10.6
Hyperechogenic	19	5.8	388	21.2
Maximal diameter of nodules (median)	13		19