Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Radiofrecuency ablation (RFA) represents an alternative to surgery for benign thyroid nodules with pressure symptoms or evident progressive growth.Objetives: To analyze in our center the efficacy and safety at 6 montns of a single session treatment of RFA performed in predominantly solid thyroid nodules.Patients and methods: 17 patients with citologically benign thyroid nodules with pressure symptoms (dysphonia, dyspn...

Introduction: Guidelines suggest that serum basal (nonstimulated) thyroblobulin (bTg) with sensitive assays (Functional Sensitivity-FS- below 0.1 or 0.2 ng/ml) could substitute the measurement of serum Tg levels after TSH stimulation during the follow-up of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) when basal results fall below the FS.Objective: A sensitive assay for Tg was incorporate in our center (Chemiluminiscent Tg Access; Beckam Coulter; Br...

Introduction: In Graves’ hyperthyroidism with long-term antithyroid drugs (ATD) treatment, remission is often umpredictable. However variables at diagnosis or at the end of the ATD regimen are associated with a highest likelihood of recurrence and could be used to decide an ablative treatment.Objective: To identify variables before and at the end of a long-term treatment with ATD (>6 months) associated with higher rates of relapse during a follo...

IntroductionResponse to Therapy, according to ATA’s dynamic classification, provides a description of the clinical situation in patients with thyroid cancer (TC) a year or more after treatment. It gives us more accurate information than the obtained at diagnosis by static staging systems as AJCC and ATA risk system.ObjetivesTo analyse the association between some factors collected at diagnosis and the ty...

Introduction: The majority of current guidelines recommend surgery for benign solid nodules with pressure symptoms or a significant growth. Currently, minimal invasive techniques have emerged such as radiofrequency ablation (RF) which achieve significant volume decrease and many cases, the improvement or disappearance of pressure symptoms.Results: We describe the efficacy and safety of one single-session of RF in our centre performed in thyroid nodules f...

IntroductionThe number of lymph node metastasis (NM) and the existence of extranodal extensión (ExEx) are not included among prognosis variables used in the most common staging systems for differentiated thyroid cancer as AJCC and ATA risk systems.ObjectiveIn patients with NM at diagnosis, to analyze the association between the number of NM and the presence of ExEx with response to therapy.<p class="...