Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Ultrasound examination is the preferred imaging technique for thyroid morphology assessment. Sometimes neck sonography reveals extra-thyroidal pathological formations which may be a cause for diagnostic predicaments. The Zenker diverticulum is a type of esophageal diverticulum, located in a natural area of weakness on the posterior pharyngeal wall. It appears as a structure in close proximity to the left thyroid lobe and can be in some cases misinterpreted as a t...

Objective: To investigate the prevalence and the relation between metabolic syndrome components and TSH values below and above 2.5 mIU/l in euthyroid premenopausal women.Material and methods: 446 women of mean age 30.98±9.3 (18-51 years) with no history of diabetes or lipid-lowering medications were included in the study. Standard oral glucose tolerance test with insulin measurement was performed, TSH, total cholesterol, HDL, triglycerides were measur...

Objective: To investigate the relationship between serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4) and body mass index (BMI), blood glucose, serum lipids and liver in overweight and obese euthyroid healthy premenopausal women and euthyroid women with autoimmune thyroiditis on levothyroxine replacement therapy.Patients and methods: The study includes 34 premenopausal women with autoimmune hypothyroidism on stable levothyroxine dose and 12...

Introduction: Anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid (ATC) is the rarest and most aggressive thyroid gland cancer accounting for less than 5 % of all thyroid gland neoplasms. There is inconclusive evidence that ATC represents a terminal dedifferentiation of preexisting well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma or it may originate as already aggressive nondifferentiated cancer without any prior thyroid neoplasm. Case description: Case 1: A 74-year-old woman with...

Introduction: Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is a rare thyroid malignacy whоsе prognosis is highly dependent on the early diagnosis as well as on the available treatment options. Serum calcitonin represents the most sensitive test for the detection of MTC thus its measurement is strongly recommended in patients with known genetic or hereditary conditions associated with high risk of medullary hyperplasia or cancer. However, its diagnostic utility and routine clinical ...

Introduction: Positron emission tomography - computed tomography (PET-CT) is a highly sensitive imaging modality for evaluating a variety of conditions, including detection of cancer and potential metastases. PET-CT positive thyroid lesions are found incidentally in about 2.5 % of the scans. They can be focal or diffuse and as they pose a considerably high risk of malignancy further diagnostic tests such as neck ultrasound and fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) are recommend...