Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionLung transplantation was associated with a 32% prevalence of hypercholesterolemia and a 41% prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia. The prevalence of dyslipidemia in liver transplant recipients is 43% and 31% –51%. In this report, we present 2 cases who developed dyslipidemia after transplantation.Case 1The blood test of a 73-year-old male patient who had lung transplantation about 3 years ago re...

IntroductionPituitary adenomas secreting TSH (TSHoma) are a rare cause of hyperthyroidism. They account for approximately 0.5–3 % of functioning pituitary tumours and much less than 1% of all cases of hyperthyroidism. TSHoma should be considered in all hyperthyroid patients, especially those with diffuse goitre and no extrathyroidal signs of Graves’ disease.Case 1A 30-year-old female applied to the ...

Background We aimed to determine clinicopathological features that can predict lymph node metastasis (LNM) in papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMC).MethodsMedical records of 872 patients with papillary thyroid cancer >1 cm (PTC >1 cm) and 1184 patients with papillary thyroid microcancer (PTMC) (£1 cm) were reviewed retrospectively. Demographical, clinical and histopathological features of (PTC >1 cm) ...

IntroductionWhile cervical lymph nodes are the region where head and neck malignancies frequently metastasize, prostate carcinoma rarely metastasizes to this area. Here, we will present a case with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma whose pathological lymph node cytology in the cervical region was found to be prostate carcinoma metastasis.Case <capti...