Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Brown tumors are a very rare and serious complication of sustained undiagnosed secondary hyperparathyroidism. Diagnosis and differential diagnosis are made by combining clinical, biochemical, radiological and pathological findings. We present the case of a male with chronic renal disease and multiple bone damage.A 58-year-old male was referred to the endocrine clinic because of lower back and pleural pain. He was an obese smoker with a heavy medical...

Background: Distant metastasis, as the initial manifestation of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), is uncommon. Here, we present two unusual cases of large cystic mediastinal lesions, with histology indicative of metastasis from PTC as first diagnosis.Case presentation: We present two male patients, aged 46 and 50 years old, who were referred to our department. The first patient, complained of persistent cough and underwent a thorax CT which revealed a larg...

BackgroundCystic parathyroid adenoma is a rare entity (<0.01% of all cervical masses) that leads to primary hyperparathyroidism in 9% of cases. Parathyroid scintigraphy is essential for the diagnosis although there are pitfalls with false negative results. Parathyroidectomy is the treatment of choice but its success depends on the exact preoperative localization of the parathyroid lesions. 4D-CT is a very helpful diagnostic tool in such cases.<p ...