Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Xantoma disseminatum (XD) is a rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis (NLCH) which is often resistant to treatment. In this report, we presented a case with extensive cutaneous, hypothalamohypophysial, cerebral and gastrointestinal system involvement, which responded well to cyclophosphamide.Case: A 16-year-old female patient admitted to our hospital with the complaints of amenorrhoea, weight gain, polidipsia, poliuria, yellow-brownish papu...

Primary thyroid lymphoma is an uncommon malignancy; it accounts for <2% of all extranodal lymphomas and <5% of all thyroid malignancies.Case report: A 52-year-old male patient who was known to have a nodule in his thyroid gland for many years presented with instantaneous enlargement of his existing nodule and with appearance of ipsilateral cervical lymphadenopathy. On thyroid ultrasonography, a giant nodule of 38.4×31.6×45.5 mm size, an...