Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: The association between thyroid autoimmunity and thyroid cancer has long been suggested, in addition whether and how the concurrent thyroid autoimmunity with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (PTC) affects clinicopathological features and prognosis is a matter of debate. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the laboratory data, cancer characteristics and prognosis of PTC patients with and without thyroid autoimmunity.Materials and Methods: Data of 2...

Case report: Adrenal pseudocysts are rare bening lesions that usually mimick solid tumors on imaging. Although they are asymptomatic and often discovered incidentally, distinguishing them from clinically important adrenocortical masses may be problematic before surgery. We report the case of a 50-years-old female who was referred to endocrinology outpatient clinic with a 54×58×50 mm sized mass in the left adrenal gland. Abdominal MRI which was performed because of ri...

ObjectiveTo evaluate the effects of the pandemic process on those with an endocrinological disease that will require close follow-up from the last visit before the pandemic.DesignThis was a retrospective study.MethodsPatients of 3903 with thyroid, calcium-bone metabolism, adrenal gland, pituitary diseases, and neuroendocrine tumor (NET) were retrospectively scanne...