Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of radionuclide therapy with iodine-131 (I-131) in patients (pts) with autonomously functioning thyroid nodules (AFTNs) and a normal thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) blood level.Methods: In this study 127 cytological benign AFTNs in 113 pts (98 female and 15 male) with normal TSH level have been treated with a fixed I-131 doses (370 MBq). Clinical exam, ultrasonography with color Doppler ...

Post-thyroidectomy syndrome is defined as postoperative problems after thyroidectomy without injury of recurrent laryngeal nerve, and including most common symptom such as vocal fatigue, loss of high-pitch, reduced vocal strength, reduced speaking fundamental frequency also can be presented. In a recent systemic review, F0, shimmer, and MPT was significantly deteriorated only in the early period and not in the late period after thyroidectomy. There have been several questionna...

Introduction: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is the most frequent cause of thyroid disfunction in children and its incidence is increasing. Although thyroid cancer is an uncommon childhood malignancy with a reported incidence of about 0.59 cases per 100,000, there are data suggesting the comorbidity of papillary thyroid carcinoma with autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) in children. Ultrasound elastography is a non-invasive imaging, based on estimation of mechanical properties (el...

Background: Ultrasound guided minimally invasive therapies are becoming increasingly popular for the treatment of symptomatic benign thyroid nodules. Efforts have been directed on the prediction of volume reduction as a measure of efficacy of the procedure. Aim of the present study is to identify predictors of 6-months volume reduction rate (VRR) after radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules.Materials and Methods: We performed a retrospective s...

Objective: Serum thyroglobulin doubling time (Tg-DT/DR) is a valuable marker for predicting recurrences/metastases and response to treatment in patients with well-differentiated follicular cell-derived thyroid carcinoma. Similarly, tumor-volume doubling time/rate (TV-DT/DR) is helpful in predicting tumor progression during active surveillance of papillary microcarcinoma and chemotherapy. However, no study has investigated the clinical significance of Tg-DT/DR and TV-DT/DR in p...

Introduction: Angiogenesis plays an important role in the growth and processes of tumors, often indicating neovascularity. However the role of vascularization in thyroid nodules observed with power or color doppler has always been debated. Therefore, most of thyroid nodules sonographic risk classification do not consider vascularization as an important features in predicting the risk of malignancy. In the last years a new vascular imaging technique, Superb Microvascular Imagin...

Introduction: Transoral Robotic Thyroidectomy (TORT) is progressively gaining its ground in robotic thyroid surgery. With accumulated techniques and developments, TORT can also be applied for completion thyroidectomy. We review our experience with the transoral robotic approach to completion thyroidectomy to evaluate the safety and surgical feasibility.Methods: Consecutive patients receiving completion TORT operation were evaluated from a prospective dat...

Background: Vitamin D deficiency contributes to elastographic hardening of thyroid nodules in patients with hypothyroidism. In such patients, the nodules are elastographically consistent with type 3b. Vitamin D regulation promotes the transition of nodules from type 3b to type 3a.Objectives: The objective of the present study is to determine the effect of low level of vitamin D on calcium and phosphate metabolism.Methods...

Vocal morbidity related to the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve following thyroidectomyObjectives: Damage to the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve (EBSLN) can cause a vocal morbidity following thyroidectomy. However its diagnosis is challenging. Here we aim to determine the vocal, endoscopic and acoustic characteristics of a damage of the EBSLN as well as factors associated to its occurrence.Materials a...