Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid hyperfunctioning nodule usually represents benign tumor. Less than 1% of all cases have been reported as malignant lesion, especially in the presence of hyperthyroidism.Case report: An asymptomatic 46-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus type 2 came for regular diabetic check. Two palpable thyroid nodules were detected during a routine physical examination. Thyroid function tests showed hyperthyroidism: TSH <0.005 mI...

Disturbances of thyroid hormones produce clinical symptoms but hormonal level at which this happens vary from patient to patient. In order to determine how much hormonal change patients can tolerate before developing symptoms we retrospectively collected data of 86 hyperthyroid and 48 hypothyroid patients, 120 females and 14 males aged 28–85 and 23–74 yrs respectively. We included only patients who at some time during treatment had abnormal values of TSH and/or thyro...