Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Brown tumor of bone, also called osteitis fibrosa cystica is a rare non-neoplastic lesion resulting from abnormal bone metabolism in hyperparathyroidism (HPT). Facial involvement is exceptional and, when present, usually involves the mandible, but is rare in the maxilla. These lesions can simulate a malignancy on clinical examination and routine radiographs. We aim through this case to present clinical and therapeutic particularities of a maxillary located brown ...

Introduction: Spontaneous extracapsular hemorrhage of a parathyroid adenoma causing cervico-mediastinal hematoma is a rare but life-threatening manifestation. Our objective is to present a rare case of cervico-thoracic hematoma secondary to a spontaneous rupture of a parathyroid adenoma and to specify its clinical, radiological, therapeutic and evolutionary features.Case report: This is a 50-year-old woman with no significant pathological history who pre...

Introduction: Vagal paragangliomas are rare tumors that developed from paraganglionnar tissue. They are relatively easy to diagnose. They have benefited from advances in diagnostic imaging, particularly angiography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We aim to study the particularities of clinical findings in a vagal paraganglioma miming a lymph node metastases in patient with a history of papillary thyroid carcinoma.Case report: We report the case of ...

Introduction: Cystic cervical metastases of papillary thyroid carcinoma are rare. They precise incidence remains unknown. They can be indicative of a particularly papillary thyroid cancer. However, there is no negative prognostic character compared to non-cystic lymphadenopathy of thyroid carcinoma of the same histopathological type. We aim through this series of cases to discuss diagnostic and therapeutic features of cystic metastases of papillary thyroid carcinoma.<p cla...

Introduction: Locally extended thyroid cancer is a rare situation that lead to management discussion. Therapeutic strategy depend on the histological type of the cancer and the extension limits. We through this study to discuss therapeutic strategy and relate the evolution features of such cancers.Materiel and Methods: We performed a retrospective descriptive study collecting all locally extended thyroid cancer managed in our department over a period of ...

Introduction: Occult or subclinical thyroid carcinomas are not uncommon. Metastases of thyroid cancers may be discovered incidentally during cervical dissection for squamous cell carcinoma of the upper aero digestive tract. The prevalence of these thyroid metastases is estimated to be between 0.3 and 1.6%. The therapeutic impact is poorly codified, partly related to the frequently severe prognosis of those cancer. We aim through this case to discuss the therapeutic consequence...

Introduction: Thyroid swelling is habitually a thyroid nodule, however sometimes it reveal to be another pathology that we did not expect. We aim through this case and literature revue discuss the diagnostic errance in front of thyroid mass that it correspond to a cyst of the fourth cleft.Material and method: We report a case of cyst of the 4th cleft in adults managed in our department that presented as a thyroid nodule....

Objectives: Mucormycosis is an opportunist infection usually affecting immunocompromised patients. It is rare and often fatal. The pathogen is filamentous fungus of the mucorales order. Transmission is air-borne, with predominantly sinonasal tropism (40% of cases). Other locations are possible but much rarer. Diagnosis is founded on anatomopathologic and mycologic examination. Prognosis is severe, depending essentially on early diagnosis and treatment. The present study and re...

Introduction: Paragangliomas are rare tumours that arise from paraganglia of neural crest origin. They have an incidence of approximately 1:300,000 and a third arise in the head and neck. A significant number of cervical paragangliomas are relatively asymptomatic, causing little more than a lump in the neck. The rest can cause cranial nerve palsies and infiltrate the skull base. Surgical treatment may cause the same deficits and, in some, risks more serious neurological defici...

Introduction: The malignant degeneration of thyroglossal duct cyst (TDC) is a very rare phenomenon. It occurs 1% of operated cysts. The incidence appears to be greatest in patients in the fifth decade with a slight preponderance in women. Papillary carcinoma represents the most common histologic type. In this study, we report 3 cases of a papillary carcinoma of thyroid occurring in a TDC in adult population in order to present diagnosis and therapeutic aspects of degenerated t...