Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The association of hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer (TC) is controversial with prevalences in the literature varying from 1.6 to 32.8%. The aim of this work was to evaluate the prevalence of TC in hyperthyroid patients submitted to surgery and to find differences between the tumors according to the type of hyperthyroidism.Material and methods: retrospective study to evaluate clinical and histopathological data of all hyperthyroid patients...

Introduction: The ATA guidelines 2015 suggests lobectomy as an option for low risk thyroid tumors between 1–4 cm, although there remains some controversy once some characteristics become apparent only on pathologic examination.Objective/methods: Retrospective analysis of patients who underwent thyroid surgery in 2014 and 2015, with a histologic diagnosis of WDTC 1–4 cm in size and revision of the proportion of patients eligible for lobectomy wi...

Introduction: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare and potentially fatal disease in childhood. Complete resection of the tumor and metastasis can improve survival. Case: A 2.6 year-old boy presented isosexual pseudo-precocious puberty at 2.1 years. CT revealed a single nodule in the left adrenal (2 cm) which was resected by adrenalectomy. Histology revealed an adrenocortical tumor (2 cm, 3.0 g, Weiss score 4), ENSAT stage I. Partial regression of the puberty features and n...