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Table 3 Distribution of incidentalomas with respect to size and tissue structure

From: Ultrasonographic prevalence and characteristics of non-palpable thyroid incidentalomas in a hospital-based population in a sub-Saharan country

Thyroid incidentalomas

Cystic

Solid

Mixed

Total

Largest diameter

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

< 5 mm

67 (73.6)

11 (12.1)

13 (14.3)

91 (37.8)

5–9

41 (42.3)

36 (37.1)

20 (20.6)

97 (40.3)

10–14

8 (22.9)

23 (65.7)

4 (11.4)

35 (14.5)

≥ 15

3 (16.7)

11 (61.1)

4 (22.2)

18 (7.5)

Total

119 (49.4)

81 (33.6)

41 (17.0)

241 (100)