Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: With a prevalence of about one in 3000 newborns, congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is the leading cause of preventable mental retardation and growth failure. The objective of this work is to clarify the contribution of thyroid scintigraphy (TS) using technetium 99 m for the diagnosis of CH and this through the experience of the nuclear medicine department in Sahloul university Hospital.Materials and methods: This is a retrospective study inclu...

Introduction: Multiple primary cancers are a rare entity; however their incidence is increasing due to advances in diagnostic methods and surveillance strategies. The coexistence in the same patient of several primary malignant tumors has been described in the literature with a frequency varying from 5.5% to 8.5%.The aim of this observation is to report a case associating 3 neoplasias:medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) a...

Introduction and aimsMacroscopic angioinvasion associated to lymph node metastasis from follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) is scarce and leads usually to a poor outcome.Subjects and methodsWe report a case of FTC with extensive vascular invasion into the right jugular vein and numerous lymph nodes. We reviewed clinical records of our patient and analysed clinical outcomes and thyroglobulin rate as well as ima...