Endocrine Abstracts

Thyroid carcinoma is a rare extraintestinal manifestation of colonic familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). This syndrome is caused by germline mutations in adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene, on chromosome 5q21-q22. Many patients manifest various extracolonic features: upper gastrointestinal adenomas, congenital hypertrophic retinal pigment epithelial lesions, desmoids tumors, and thyroid, adrenal and brain cancers. It has been reported an incidence of 1.2% of thyroid carci...

Despite being the most successful definitive treatment for GD and offering the best response in terms of quality of life, thyroidectomy is rarely performed worldwide. Few studies evaluate its complication rate and potential prognostic factors for complications. We report our last ten years’ experience. Incidence of temporary and permanent hypoparathyroidism, temporary and permanent recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury and incidental malignancy were recorded, looking for...