Endocrine Abstracts

Background: In patients with hyperparathyroidism, parathyroidectomy is the only curative therapy. Anesthetic management differs function of etiology (primary vs secondary or tertiary hyperparathyroidism) and surgical technique (minimally invasive or classic parathyroidectomy).Aim: To evaluate peri-operative management in parathyroidectomy for hyperparathyroidism of various etiologies, in a tertiary center.Patients and methods: Two ...

Introduction: Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare cause of pHPT – <1%.Case report: We report the case of a 25-year-old man who presented with acute severe hypercalcemia (19 mg/dl) and extremely high serum PTH (2737 pg/ml). He was initially treated with i.v. fluids, calcitonin and pamidronate and total calcium decreased to 12.7 mg/dl. A left lower parathyroidectomy (tumour with microvascular invasion and intact capsule) was performed with a prompt de...

Introduction: Thyroid cancer in childhood and adolescence represents 1.5–3% of all carcinomas in this group of age. Our purpose is to define clinical and pathological features, therapeutical complications and follow-up characteristics and survival of a group of children and adolescents with thyroid carcinomas.Design: We report a retrospective study of 26 children and adolescents with thyroid carcinoma who were investigated in our institution from Ja...