Endocrine Abstracts

Amiodarone is a widely used antiarhrythmic agent. Although life-threatening side effects of amiodarone therapy are well known, it’s not always possible to replace it with dronedarone. Some clinical trials showed that treatment with dronedarone led to significantly more unfavourable end-points (e.g. in congestive heart failure). Therapy of amiodarone induced thyrotoxicosis still raises many questions concerning optimal treatment choice to achieve euthyreosis as soon as pos...

Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is more frequent in women than in men.The aim of the study was to analyze whether factors connected with the female sex could increase the risk of DTC.Material and methods: Ninety nine patients with a mean age±S.D. of 40.5±5.9 years with DTC and 51 healthy women with a mean age of 36.52±8.3 years were examined. Gynecological and obstetric histories were taken and ser...