Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: A major objective of the ultrasound of thyroid nodules is the stratification of the risk for possible malignancy and the selection of nodules for fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) and cytological examination.Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the sonographic criteria used in the selection of thyroid nodules for FNAB and to compare them to the cytological reports.Methods/Design: This was a retrospe...

Introduction: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a key component of the insulin resistance, the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2). The aim was to study the prevalence of NAFLD in women and men with DM2.Methods/design: This is a retrospective, cross-sectional, observational study. We analyzed data from in-hospital patients: 96 women (mean age 63.2±11.4 years) and 80 men with DM2 (mean age 59.0±10.7 years)). Body wei...