Endocrine Abstracts

Thyroid differentiated carcinomas are of good prognosis except in case of metastatic dissemination. These distant metastasis, especially the bone one, are a major cause of altered quality of life and death. This study concerns a cohort of 21 patients treated from 1995 to 2011.The aim of our work is to study the characteristics of patients who had bone metastases in association with thyroid cancer to determine their prognostic factors. 18 of our patients were ...

IntroductionDifferentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is the most common thyroid cancer with a relatively high survival rate. Distant metastasis (DM) is not a frequent event in DTC but has an adverse impact on mortality of patients.PurposeThe aim of this study was to determine the most frequent metastases and their prognosis after adequate treatment.MethodsA retrospecti...

IntroductionDifferentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is a rare disease (1%), and usually has good prognosis if well treated. However, the percentage of mortality due to this cancer is about 0.5%. Moreover, 5 to 27%of patients treated for DTC suffer from regional recurrence. Therefore, many research tried to identify predective factors for the survival, relapse and progression of this cancer.PurposeThe aim of our s...

Introduction: Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) in children is rare, accounting for 1.5 to 3% of all pediatric cancers. Its clinical presentation differs from that in adults. The aim of our study is to investigate the epidemiological, clinical, and anatomopathological characteristics of DTC in children and adolescents.Patients and Methods: A descriptive retrospective study was conducted at the Nuclear Medicine Department of Habib Bourguiba University H...

Introduction: Differentiated papillary carcinomas (DPC) account for 0.5 to 1% of all neoplasms, and their prognosis is usually favorable. However, a local and distant recurrence is found in up to 35 % of patients. The objective of this study was to determine prognostic factors of this entity among Tunisian population.Patients and methods: We retrospectively retrieved records of 115 patients diagnosed with DTC and who were then followed at the nuclear med...

Introduction: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common histological form of thyroid neoplasm, increasingly diagnosed at the microcarcinoma stage (tumor diameter ≤10 mm). The majority of papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMC) are not recognizable during physical exam and are commonly diagnosed fortuitously during histopathologic analysis of thyroid specimens following surgery for benign thyroid conditions. The aim of our study was to identify different clini...

Introduction: Papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMC) usually manifest a slow progression, commonly displaying local-regional extension, contributing to a generally favorable prognosis. However, certain instances are complicated by lymph node metastasis, a pivotal factor influencing therapeutic strategies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiological, clinical, and histological characteristics of patients with PMCT and lymph node metastasis.<p class="abstext"...