Endocrine Abstracts

After thyroidectomy (Tx) and RAI therapy, patients with diffentiated thyroid cancer are treated with levo-thyroxine to suppress TSH levels. Whether hyperthyroxinemia causes osteoporosis is debated. The aim of this study was to evaluate bone mineral density (BMD) and the fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX) in DTC women. FRAX calculates the 10-year probability of hip fracture (HF) and major osteoporotic fracture (MOF) in subjects aged >40. 46 women with DTC diagnosed and tr...