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...