Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Neurologic symptoms due to autoimmune encephalopathy related to autoimmune hyperthyroidism (AEAH) cases are very rare in childhood. The reason why hyperthyroidism causes this situation is still unknown. In this case we discussed the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of a case with choreoathetosis in the review of literature.Case: 15 years old female admitted to hospital with the complaint of nervousness, discomfort for last 3 weeks. There ...

Several studies have noted that there is a connection between thyroid pathology and breast diseases.Purpose: The study was undertaken to estimate the frequency of the breasts diseases in adolescent girls with thyroid pathology.Patients and methods: The study included 2371 girls (aged 10–18 years). Thyroid diseases were diagnosed on the basis of hormonal analysis and typical picture of examination and thyroid ultrasound. Breast...

During the time of puberty, thyroid hormones (THs), thyroxin (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), influence growth and developmental processes by working in association with growth hormone (GH), insulin like growth factor-I (IGF-1), glucocorticoids, insulin and gonadal steroids. THs have a direct effect on GH secretion, which stimulates IGF system. It has been suggested that THs control increase in bone length through synergy with GH. This investigation determ...

Introduction: Association between autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) and other autoimmune disorders is common and known as autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (APS). It may involve hypoparathyoridism with Addison disease (AD) and mucocutaneous candidiasis – APS type I, AD with Diabetes mellitus type 1 (DM1) or AITD- APS type II, AITD associated with other autoimmune diseases (excluding AD): DM1- type IIIa, pernicious anemia- IIIb, or alopecia and/or vitiligo and/or other aut...

Background: Thyroid nodule in the pediatric age group is rare, but the rate of malignancy is much higher than adult population. Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is an accurate test commonly used to determine whether thyroid nodules are malignant in adults. However, less is known about its diagnostic accuracy for this purpose in children.Aim: To characterize the outcomes of FNAB of nodular thyroid disease at a pediatric tertiary-care institution and t...