Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adrenal masses (AM) are being increasingly diagnosed but only a small portion will need surgical treatment.Methods: We retrospectively reviewed patients referred to the Endocrinology Clinic that underwent adrenalectomy between 1996 and 2023.Results: We included 57 patients. Most AM were diagnosed incidentally (53%) and had a median size of 32 (25) mm. Forty (70%) patients had hormonal hypersecretion (HH): pheocromocyt...

Background: Presence of venous vascular invasion is a criterion of intermediate risk of recurrence in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). However, the presence and type of vascular invasion (lymphatic or venous) is often underreported and its impact on PTCs without other risk features remains unknown.Objective: To evaluate the impact of both lymphatic and venous invasion on the risk of recurrence/persistence on otherwise low-risk PTCs. <p class="abste...