Endocrine Abstracts

Meningioma is a common, usually benign, tumor of the brain and the spinal cord that originates from any dura surface. Such lesion accounts for 10 to 15% of nonadenomatous sellar masses. Purely intrasellar meningiomas are relatively rare and can mimic a nonfunctioning adenoma. A 33-year-old man with a history of 1.5 year fatigue, anemia and erectile dysfunction referred to our department. The laboratory data revealed low levels of ACTH, Cortisol, FSH, LH and Testosterone, while...

We report on a case of a 63-year-old male patient with a history of metastatic DTC, with both lung and bone metastases and an additional paravertebral mass. The patient presented with enlargement of the left thyroid lobe. FNA was positive for malignancy and subsequent CTs were negative for distant metastases, whereas laboratory tests showed elevated thyroglobulin (Tg>500 ng/ml). The patient underwent total thyroidectomy and the pathology report revealed a multifocal, folli...