Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma is a tumor of follicular origin with morphological and biological characteristics between anaplastic and well differentiated carcinoma. It accounts for less than 5% of all thyroid tumors and is characterized by adverse prognosis, aggressive behavior and frequently distant metastases, mainly to lungs and bones and to a lesser extent to brain, liver, kidney, breast and skin. Incident presentation: We report a case of a patien...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas (PCCs) are rare neuroendocrine catecholamine secreting-tumors derived from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla. PCCs are usually solid tumors but rarely occur as a cystic lesion. Cystic pheocromocytomas (CPCCs) are usually asymptomatic, unilateral and of a large size without typical radiological and biochemical features of pheochromocytomas. Non-specific abdominal pain has been reported in several cases.Case Presentati...

Introduction: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) accounts for 1.7% of all thyroid cancers with poor prognosis and a median survival of 4 to 12 months. We report a case of ATC with small intestine perforation due to metastasis in the jejunum.Case report: A 57-year-old woman was referred to our department for a rapidly enlarging goiter and dyspnea. Her latest thyroid ultrasound was performed about a month ago and demonstrated 2 nodules measuring 21×16...