Endocrine Abstracts

Neuroblastoma is a tumor that originates from immature nerve cells. It is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children, but is extremely rare in adults.Aim: The role of MIBG scintigraphy in diagnosis and follow-up of patient with neuroblastoma.Case report: A 55-year-old woman underwent for regular abdomen ultrasound examination. Sonography revealed inhomogeneous, predominantly isoehogenic tumor mass above the upper lobe of ...

A 26-year-old woman was referred to our outpatient clinic, presenting with growing left sided neck mass. She was in remission of Graves’ disease for the last two years.Ultrasound examination revealed isoechogenic nodule with microcalcifications in the upper third of the left thyroid lobe measuring 9×6×6 mm and conglomerate of lymph nodes on the left side of the neck, the largest node measuring 37×21×13 mm. Behind the lower pole of the left thyroid lobe...

The occurence of multiple squamous cells in thyroid fine needle aspirate is rare.Aim: We report a case of multiple squamous cells in thyroid aspiration specimen in a patient with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis.Case report: A 56-year-old woman has been observed for several years because of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis and hypothyroidism. She was on levothyroxine supstitution therapy. Six years ago ultrasonography revealed inhomo...

Objective: Thyroid hormones have essential role in regulation of cellular growth, development and metabolism. Although genetic variants seem to be an important determinant of thyroid hormone levels the data about involved genes are still limited. Therefore, in order to determine genetic variants underlying thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine (fT4) and free triiodothyronine (fT3) plasma level we performed a genome wide association study (GWAS) in Croatian subjects...