Endocrine Abstracts

We present the case of a 73-year-old woman, who presented with ascites and a history of left radical hemithyroidectomy for localized follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) 28 years ago. Computed tomography (CT) scanning of her body revealed extensive metastatic lesions. An omental biopsy showed features suggestive of thyroid follicular epithelial cancer. Serum thyroglobulin was raised at 127 μg/l. She died before the biopsy result was received. Two years before presentation, ...