Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid nodules are commonly encountered in clinical practice, the main diagnostic problem being the benign or malignant nature of the nodules. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is a standard diagnostic test for evaluating thyroid nodules. Several studies have showed that the use of ultrasound guidance (US-FNAB) improves the diagnostic accuracy of aspiration biopsies in comparison with palpation guidance (P-FNAB) alone.Patients and metho...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) and autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD) may coexist and influence one another clinical expression. The opportunity of thymectomy in this association is controversial, since not all the studies have proven its efficacy. We report eight patients (one man and seven women) diagnosed with AITD (Graves’ disease (GD) – five cases, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) – three cases) and MG. The AITD diagnosis preceded (two cases), followed (three case...

I fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is the gold standard in thyroid nodules management, but it is less common in the evaluation of parathyroid nodules. When imagery fails to localize a parathyroid adenoma, morphological and functional investigations, like FNA of the suspected area and scintigraphy may be useful. We present the case of a 58 years-old woman, menopaused at 47 years, who consulted for lombalgia. Vertebral DXA confirmed osteoporosis (Tscore −3.8). She was not trea...

Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a relatively frequent problem in clinical endocrine practice. Minimally invasive parathyroid surgery is the treatment of choice but requires precise preoperatory localization. The most commonly investigation methods are ultrasonography and scintigraphy, but they are not always diagnostic. PTH assay of the aspirate from an ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (USFNA) may confirm the location of pathological parathyroid tissue. The aim o...