Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0041ep133 | Bone & Osteoporosis | ECE2016

Paget’s disease of bone - case report and a review of epidemiology, pathophysiology and management

Corina Pop Radu Cristina

Introduction: Paget’s disease of bone (PDB) is the second-most-common metabolic bone disease, after osteoporosis, affecting about 3% of the population at age over 40 years. This disease is characterized by excessive and abnormal bone remodeling due to increased bone resorption followed by disorganized bone formation.This paper will include a case report and a review of PDB epidemiology and pathophysiology, complications and clinical findings, indica...

ea0070ep483 | Thyroid | ECE2020

Thyroid metastases from clear cell renal carcinoma: Presentation of two unusual cases and literature review

Corina Pop-Radu Cristina

Clear cell renal carcinoma (CCRC) is a tumor with great metastatic capacity, although the presence of metastases in the thyroid gland is very uncommon. Therefore it is important to know the oncological background of the patient and to perform a complete immunohistochemical analysis of the thyroid lesion to obtain a correct diagnosis. Thyroidectomy can be considered in patients with no other metastasis or in those who present compressive symptoms as a palliative measure. We pre...