Endocrine Abstracts

PurposeTo describe the role of imaging in diagnosis and detection of complications of necrotising external otitis in diabetic patients.Material and methodsOur retrospective study included 43 diabetic patients who suffered from necrotising external otitis, from 1992 to 2020. All our patients had CT scan of the temporal bones and the brain. MRI was performed in 4 cases.Results<p class...

IntroductionAssociation between diabetes mellitus and cancer outcomes has been demonstrated in several cancer sites. Data for upper aerodigestive tract carcinoma are limited. Our aim is to study the impact of diabetes mellitus on survival in upper aerodigestive tract squamous cell carcinoma.Material and methodsA retrospective study of 130 patients treated for upper aerodigestive tract squamous cell carcinoma,...

IntroductionThyroid nodules are common. They are mostly benign nodules. Thyroid cancer is rare: 1 % of all cancer sites. Thyroid differentiated cancers are the most common histologic types. There are several factors that can predict the malignancy in patients with thyroid nodule. The purpose of this study is to identify the predictive factors of thyroid differentiated cancers.Material and methodsThis retrospe...

IntroductionGraves’ disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in children and adolescents. Treatment strategy includes antithyroid drugs, radioactive iodine and thyroidectomy. The optimal treatment of Graves´ disease is still controversial. Our aim is to describe the surgical treatment of Graves’s disease in children and adolescents.Material and methodsWe report the clinical, therapeu...

IntroductionParathyroid surgery is indicated essentially in primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism. This surgery may present some difficulties even in experienced hands. Our aim is to describe the difficulties that can occur during parathyroid surgery.Material and methodsA retrospective study including 81 cases of hyperparathyroidism, operated between 2001 and 2018.Results<p clas...

ObjectiveThe study’s purpose is to describe the therapeutic management of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma.Material and methodsThis is a retrospective study including 55 cases of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma treated at our department, from 2000 to 2020.ResultsOur study included 8 men and 47 women. The mean age was 48.64 years with extreme ages from 24 to ...

ObjectifBrown tumour is a rare focal bone lesion encountered in patients with uncontrolled hyperparathyroidism (HPT). This disease affects only 1.5% of patients with secondary HPT. This bone lesion can affect any part of the skeleton. The treatment is mainly medical based on reducing the rates of parathyroid hormone (PTH). Surgery is reserved for severe form of brown tumour or in case of uncontrolled level of PTH. The aim of our work is to illustrate the...

IntroductionPapillary and follicular thyroid carcinomas are the most common forms of endocrine carcinomas. Lymph node involvement seems to be a low risk factor for death, but it increases the risk for loco-regional recurrences and distant metastasis. Lymph node involvement is more seen in case of papillary thyroid carcinoma, less reported in vesicular carcinoma. The aim of this work is to determine the clinicopathologic predictive factors of central lymp...

IntroductionThyroid papillary carcinoma is the most common type of thyroid cancer. Thyroid papillary microcarcinoma is a subtype of papillary carcinoma that includes tumors with 10 mm or less diameter. As a result of diagnostic methods improvement, prevalence of this tumor is increasing. In this study, we reviewed lymph node metastasis characteristics among patients with papillary microcarcinoma.MethodsA retr...

Introduction: Secondary hyperparathyroidism is the main disorder of mineral and bone metabolism associated with chronic kidney disease. This disorder is characterized by hypersecretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH). Given the high cost and unavailability of calcimimetics, surgery remains a good alternative. In the immediate postoperative period after parathyroidectomy, hypocalcemia is common and close monitoring is critical.Objective: The aim of our work ...