Endocrine Abstracts

Occurance of papiller carcinoma with foliculer thyroid carcinoma is a rare situation. We report a 49-year-old male with asymptomatic goiter. The first biopsy from the right tyroid lobe from a 6×6×4 cm iso-hypoechogen heterogeneous nodule showed bening, hurthe cell and thyrocyte rich cytology. Two months later the patient went through right lobectomy which patology defined as 4.3 cm minimal invasive follicular carcinoma. Two months after right thyroidectomy, a second ...

Aim: The intima–media thickness (IMT) measurement of the common carotid artery is recognised as an important marker of systemic atherosclerosis. It may be useful in predicting the cardiovascular events, since it is related to the severity of coronary artery disease. The aims of this study were to analyse whether correlations exist between the IMT of the common carotid artery and the main clinical and biochemical parameters in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP...