Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Diagnostic and post-therapy radioiodine whole body scan (WBS) is used in the follow-up of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) for the detection of local recurrence or remote metastasis. We report a case of false-positive uptake of radioiodine WBS.Case report: A 37-year-old female patient underwent subtotal thyroidectomy for multinodular goitre and histology revealed multifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma, of follicular type with three fo...

Background: Many patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) are treated with radiodine (I-131) after thyroidectomy, while they are hypothyroid and all are submitted to withdrawal of LT4 periodically for the evaluation of their disease. Among the tests used for follow-up is serum thyroglobulin (Tg) as a tumor marker, and occasionally, total body scan with I-131. Maximal sensitivity of the aforementioned tests is established in the hypothyroid state, under elevated thyrot...

Introduction: Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the initial investigation of choice for thyroid nodules.Methods: A total of 563 patients (106 males/457 females) underwent FNAB for the same number of thyroid nodules. Their mean age was 56.1±14.1 years. We correlated the demographic profile (age and gender) and sonographic features of these nodules with the FNAB outcome. The Bethesda system for reporting thyroid cytopathology was used.<p cla...

Background: Primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) is a rare thyroid malignancy. Nevertheless, it frequently presents diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. We describe two patients with PTL with different clinical presentation/clinical picture and outcome.Patients and methods: Two female patients underwent total thyroidectomy, the first, a 67-year-old female patient, because of nodular goitre and the second, a 79-year-old female patient, because of a large, pai...

Objectives: Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the initial investigation of choice for thyroid nodules. The Bethesda System (B) classifies thyroid cytological patterns into six categories (B1-6) according to risk for malignancy.Methods: A total of 1113 patients (210 males/903 females) underwent FNAB for the same number of thyroid nodules. Their mean age was 56.2±21.6 years±S.D. We correlated the demographic profile (age and ...

Introduction: Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are neoplasms that arise from cells of the endocrine and nervous systems. They most commonly occur in the intestine and are graded histologically according to markers of cellular proliferation. G1 and G2 neuroendocrine neoplasms are called neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) – formerly called carcinoid tumors. G3 neoplasms are called neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs).Objectives: We present a case of a patient with ...

Objectives: Overall, papillary and follicular carcinoma is associated with a 30-year cancer-related death rate of 6 and 15%, respectively. Poorer outcomes have been associated with older age, male gender, tumor size, grade and extrathyroidal extension. We investigated the clinical and laboratory characteristics of 40 patients who presented recurrence of thyroid disease.Patients data: • 40 Patients (21 Females and 19 males) with papillary thyroid can...