Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Although papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is considered to have an excellent prognosis, some more aggressive variants have been identified that show reduced overall survival rates. Besides from the diffuse sclerosing, tall cell, columnar cell, and solid variant, the hobnail variant was newly recognized as one of these aggressive forms, affecting recurrence, metastasis, and overall survival rates.Methods: We performed a systematic review and ...

Background: Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are rather uncommon while they have an incidence of no more than 0,5 per 100.000 people. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of second neoplasms among patients diagnosed with sporadic NENs.Methods: Clinical and histological data from patients followed to our NENs clinic between 2020-2023 were retrospectively evaluated. Patients with a known genetic syndrome were excluded from the analysis.</p...