Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction, material and methods: Papillary thyroid cancer is well known to be a tumour with a good prognosis; in spite of that, it usually presents many recurrences that increases its morbidity. Follicular thyroid cancer is less frequent but has a higher rate of hematogenous dissemination and higher mortality than papillary thyroid cancer. We have collected the data of our patients with differentiated thyroid cancer during the period from 2000 to 2015. In this study, we hav...

Introduction: We wanted to analyse the descriptive variables of a series of 1567 thyroidectomy patients between 2010 and 2013 and its association with malignancy in our series.Material and methods: Retrospective, multicentre study done by review of the medical records of 1567 patients who became thyroidectomy between 2010 and 2013 in eight sanitary areas. This is an analysis of clinical and demographic variables.Results: The percen...

Introduction: We wanted to analyse the pathology results of thyroidectomies performed in the hospitals of Castilla La Mancha (Spain) between the years 2010 and 2013, inclusive.Material and methods: A retrospective, multicentre, descriptive study of the histopathological results of the 1567 thyroidectomies performed in the hospitals of the eight health districts in our region between the years 2010 and 2013.Results: The histopatholo...

Introduction: Sensitivity and specificity of thyroid cytology in our series of thyroidectomies were evaluated.Material and methods: A retrospective, multicentre study of 1567 thyroidectomies performed in the eight hospitals of Castilla La Mancha (Spain) during the years 2010–2013.Results: The cytological results were benign in 37.6% of cases, malignant or suspicious of malignancy in 17.3% (10 and 7.3% respectively). In 4.1% of...

Introduction: Retrospective study of patients undergoing thyroid surgery at the Hospital Virgen de la Luz, Cuenca (Spain) during the years 2010–2013.Material and methods: We evaluated data of 92 patients basically with nodular thyroid disease, who were studied and treated in our hospital.Results: Our series is made up of 92 patients (25% men and 75% women) with an average age of 52 years. The most common form of presentation (...

Introduction, material and methods: Differentiated thyroid cancer is a pretty common reason for consulting in our specialty. In general terms, the prognosis is good in the main histological type but there are many others that can worsen the prognosis. It can determine the kind of surgery from hemithyroidectomy (e.g. microcarcinoma) to no intervention because of its extension at the moment of diagnosis. We have collected the data of our patients with differentiated thyroid canc...

Introduction, material and methods: The BRAF isoform of RAF has been implicated in the pathogenesis of papillary thyroid cancer, but not of benign or follicular neoplasms. Also, BRAF mutations may confer a worse clinical prognosis than for papillary thyroid cancer without the BRAF mutation. Recurrence occurs more frequently when BRAF mutations are present. In addition, BRAF mutations are associated with extrathyroidal invasion, lymph node me...

Background and objective: Incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is increasing but not its mortality. Knowing recurrence factors is essential to plan its treatment. Recurrence related factors in our area were reviewed and compared with ATA risk stratification system.Patients and Methods: The Cadit-CAM study was designed to evaluate characteristics of patients diagnosed of DTC in Castilla La Mancha, a region in the central part of Spain, during ...