Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a systemic disease caused by lesions of the parathyroid gland, such as parathyroid adenoma, parathyroid hyperplasia, and parathyroid carcinoma. Bone disease is an important complication of hyperparathyroidism. We herein report a rare case of severe bone disease caused by primary hyperparathyroidism.Case report: A 33-year-old female patient presented with a history of right lower limb pathological fracture...

Introduction: Differentiated thyroid carcinoma is the most common pediatric endocrine malignancy (0.5–3% of all childhood malignancies) with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) being the most common type. Children have higher rates of cervical lymph node metastases, distant metastasis and recurrence. We report the case of a patient who presented a thyroid nodule whose exploration revealed PTC, to illustrate clinical, ultrasonographic and therapeutic features.<p class="a...