Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Atypia of undetermined significance/follicular lesion of undetermined significance (AUS/FLUS) is a heterogeneous that cannot be definitively diagnosed as benign, malignancy-suspect, or malignant. The estimated risk of AUS/FLUS malignancy is reported 5% to 15% according to the Bethesda System (BS). This study was conducted to evaluate the ability of mean platelet volume (MPV) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) to predict the malignant potential of nodules diag...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism is commonly treated with targeted parathyroidectomy guided by preoperative imaging and intraoperative parathormone monitoring. Despite advanced imaging techniques, failure of parathyroid localization still occurs. Hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome and familial isolated hyperparathyroidism are a rare autosomal dominant tumor syndrome characterized by hyperparathyroidism. In this report, we present four patients with familial isolat...