Endocrine Abstracts

Even though it is unusual, many cases presenting with combinations of thyroid carcinomas have been reported. Concurrent occurances of medullary – papllary carcinoma, follicular – papillary – medullary carcinoma, follicular – anaplastik – papillary carcinoma, papillary – follicular carcinoma have been presented. The cases reported up to now had no thyroid autoimmunity. We present a case with known Hashimoto’s thyroiditis having a combination o...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism is not an uncommon disease with incidence of ~25–30 cases per 100 000 people, whether caused by adenoma or hyperplasia, can be cured surgically with a high rate of success. Over past decade minimally invasive surgery has become mainstay of treatment compared to traditional bilateral exploration approach. Accurate preoperative localisation of parathyroid disease is absolutely imperative for effective minimally invasive surgery....