Endocrine Abstracts

Background: A thyroid nodule is a discrete lesion within the thyroid gland, which can serve as a prelude to a spectrum of conditions ranging from a benign incidental growth to a full-blown invasive carcinoma. Thyroid nodules are very common in adult population. About 15% of the UK population have clinically detectable goitres or thyroid nodules, and the lifetime risk of developing a thyroid nodule is around 5 to 10%. In addition, there is increasing risk of thyroid cancers in ...

Introduction: Thyroid cancer is one of the common malignancies diagnosed in pregnancy and the management of thyroid nodules in pregnancy is the same as in non-pregnant patients. Ultrasound thyroid and FNA are necessary in the investigations of any thyroid nodule.Case presentation: A 39-year-old woman of Eastern European descent presented to the joint obstetric-endocrine clinic complaining of dysphagia and swollen neck at 34 weeks gestation. Her past medi...