Endocrine Abstracts

The purpose of the study was to assess the peculiarities of diagnostic and treatment of thyroid cancer in children.Material and method: Between 2000–2005 we screened 234 patients age 3–18 years that presented for various complaints suggesting possible thyroid disease (thyroid enlargement, dysphonia, dysphagia, delayed growth). They were submitted to clinical examination, ultrasonography, T4 and TSH test. The solitary nodules and polinodular goi...

We have studied 5 cases of insulinomas presented in our clinic in 2004–2005 with typical signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia correlated with high insulinemia. The medium insulin value in the morning was 57.9 mUI/ml, but we found values ranging from 10–98 mUI/ml for medium and severe hypoglycemia. There was no correlation between severity of hypoglycemia and insulin level, proven by repeated insulin dosages.The purpose of our analysis was to iden...

There is no ideal treatment for the simple goiter. The treatment options in NMG is: surgery, I131, L-thyroxine or continous monitoring without therapy.From 2000–2003 we evaluated 150 patients (120 women and 30 men) having their agings between 20 and 80 years with L-T4 treatment for nontoxic multinodular goiter. Duration of therapy was 3 years. The pacients was evaluated by clinical examination, level of TSH, free-T4,...