Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Radioiodine(RAI) has been used to treat hyperthyroidism for more than seven decades. Effects of RAI treatment on thyroid function tests(TFT), risk of hypothyroidism, gland and autonomous nodule volumes and on ultrasonographic features in toxic adenoma (TA) and toxic multinodular goitre TMNG patients, have been previously studied by ourselves and other. However, studies evaluating ultrasonographic changes in thyroid and toxic nodule volumes usually have a follow-up ...

IntroductionExtramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) refers to hematopoiesis occurring outside the bone marrow. Pathologic EMH can be caused by thalassemias or disorders in the hematopoietic system. Sites of EMH can be widespread however, most common localizations are in the spleen, liver, and lymph nodeCase reportA 22-year-old male patient was referred to the endocrinology department for bilateral adrenal masses f...