Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: To assess survival rate and prognosis factors in a group of 65 patients with distant metastases from differentiated thyroid carcinoma.Methods: Patients with metastatic differentiated thyroid carcinoma (MDTC) were retrospectively identified from the database of a single institution (1975–2008). Disease-specific survival (DSS) was analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier method.Results: A total of 65 patients with MDTC were identified....

Aim: To analyze clinical features in a group of 65 patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma and distant metastases.Methods: Retrospective review of 65 patients with Metastatic Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma (MDTC) identified from the database of a tertiary hospital between 1975 and 2008.Results: Sixty five patients were identified (21 males, 44 females) with a mean age of 58,9 years. The median follow-up after discovery of ...

Object: Nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas can experiment recurrence and/or progression (R/P) several years after surgery in about 15–50% of patients. There is few evidence about risk factors that could predict R/P. The aim of this study is to identify them and describe our experience through a long term of follow-up in pituitary macroadenomas.Methods: Retrospective cohort analysis of 64 patients who underwent surgery between 1990 and 2013. The main ...

Background: Up to 15% of pheochromocytomas are malignant. The only definite criterion for malignancy is the presence of metastases. The histological differentiation between benign and malignant tumours is difficult, being a challenging problem nowadays.Aim: To asses if postoperative histological evaluation using the previously proposed pheochromocytoma of the adrenal gland scales scored (PASS) can predict malignancy.Methods: Twenty...

Introduction: There is scarcity of data on the recurrence and/or progression (R/P) rate in nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) after surgery and the risk factors that can predict this outcome. So the aim of this study was to analyze a large series of NFPAs with a long follow-up after surgery, focusing on the evaluation of R/P rate and the risk factors associated with it.Methods: Retrospective cohort analysis of 164 patients with NFPAs from 3 differ...