Predictors of hypocalcaemia and hypoparathyroidism in patients undergoing thyroidectomy for benign and malignant pathologies.

Objective: To analyse the risk factors of hypoparathyroidism and hypocalcaemia after total thyroidectomy.

Methods: Clinical data of patients who underwent total thyroidectomy at a tertiary care hospital in southern part of India were collected retrospectively from January 2021 to May 2023. Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyse the risk factors associated with transient hypoparathyroidism and hypocalcaemia separately.

Myoepithelial Tumors of Salivary Gland: A Clinicopathologic and Immunohistochemical Study of 15 Patients with MIB-1 Correlation.

Myoepithelial neoplasms are rare tumors of the salivary glands with predominant myoepithelial differentiation and a broad histologic spectrum. Their histological features, immunohistochemical profile and biological behavior are not well characterized and pose a diagnostic challenge. A total of 15 myoepithelial tumors, diagnosed during 2012 and 2019 were subcategorized and correlated with MIB-1 labeling index (LI) and various histological parameters.

Management of the Thyroid Gland in Papillary Carcinoma of the Thyroglossal Cyst: A Case Report.

Carcinoma arising in a thyroglossal cyst is rare. We present a case of anterior neck swelling diagnosed to be thyroglossal cyst clinically which turns out to be a papillary carcinoma arising in thyroglossal cyst. She underwent sistrunk procedure with total thyroidectomy and diseasefree on follow up evaluation.