Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0084ps3-15-141 | Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis & Treatment | ETA2022

What do different echogenic micro-foci in papillary thyroid carcinoma nodules and metastatic lymph nodes represent in histopathology?

Bahcecioglu Begum , Gursoy Alptekin , Ilgan Seyfettin , Bilezikci Banu , Dizbay Sak Serpil , Erdogan Murat

Objective: Ultrasonographic (US) echogenic micro-foci are frequently seen in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). General belief is that microcalcifications represent psammoma bodies. But the subject is debatable and other sonographic intranodular echogenic figures can be seen in PTC. We aimed to examine the nonshadowing echogenic figures and their histopathological correlations in PTC.Methods: We prospectively collected US video records of PTC cases with ...

ea0099ep960 | Thyroid | ECE2024

Atypical subacute thyroiditis associated with papillary thyroid carcinoma in a case of Graves’ disease

Keskin Muge , Solmaz Kubra , Aydın Cevdet , Taneri Ferit , Bilezikci Banu , Topaloglu Oya , Ersoy Reyhan , Cakır Bekir

Aim: In patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), the incidence of subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is thought to be more frequent than estimated. The incidence of thyroid cancer is between 2.3% and 21.1% in GravesÂ’ Disease (GD).Case: A 31-year-old female patient applied with complaints of amenorrhea and hair loss in the 10th postpartum month. There was no history of COVID-19 infection, but Biontech vaccine were administered two years ago. Her fami...