Endocrine Abstracts

After almost 3 years since SARS-CoV-2infection was detected for the first time, knowledge about its repercussions on the thyroid gland function in the course of acute illness or in the post-COVID-19 are still poorly understood. This gland may be particularly susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 as this coronavirus enters cells through ACE-2 receptors, which are largely expressed in the thyroid gland. Through an observational, longitudinal and retrospective study, we investigated the seru...

Differentiated carcinoma of the thyroid (DCT) of follicular origin is the most frequent endocrine neoplasia and it usually has a good prognosis even in the disseminated disease, due to its slow growing pattern and low dissemination rate. The prevalence of metastasis described in the literature varies between 5 and more than 20%.Aims: To analyze the clinical–pathological data and their relation with survival of patients (pts) with metastatic DTC....