Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Diabetic mastopathy (DM) is a rare benign fibroinflammatory disease of the breast with the prevalence of 0.6–13%, seen in long standing Type 1 diabetes who may have other diabetes related complications. Its also been described in patients with type II diabetes, autoimmune diseases such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. The term lymphocytic mastopathy in used interchanged due to the histopathology and for patients without diabetes. It presents in me...

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is the most common inflammatory condition of the thyroid gland. In addition to the classic variant of HT, several other subtypes have been identified, such as the fibrous variant (HTFV).Case history: A 38 years old man noticed a rapidly enlarging lump in his neck month ago. This resulted in discomfort with choking sensation and mild dysphagia. He mentioned weight loss, tiredness and night sweats. He was a smoker and dran...

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is the most common inflammatory condition of the thyroid gland. In addition to the classic variant of HT, several other subtypes have been identified, such as the fibrous variant (HTFV).Case history: A 38 years old man noticed a rapidly enlarging lump in his neck month ago. This resulted in discomfort with choking sensation and mild dysphagia. He mentioned weight loss, tiredness and night sweats. He was a smoker and dran...