Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Differenziated thyroid carcinomas (DTC), particularly papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs), usually have an indolent behavior, howewer 10-20% of the patients develop recurrences, following surgery. There are several histological features associated with more frequent recurrences as the hystopathological variants of PTCs, the presence of vascular invasion or lymph node metastases and the presence of extrathyroidal extension (ETE). Case history: a 56yrs old male pat...

Background and Aim: The incidental detection of asymptomatic thyroid nodules (TNs) has increased over time. Over 90% of newly diagnosed TNs are either cytologically or sonographically benign. This study aimed to determine the frequency and magnitude of changes in TNs size over time.Methods: We performed a prospective, multicenter, observational study involving consecutive euthyroid patients with 1–4 asymptomatic, sonographically or cytological...