Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is showing a rapid and continuous evolution in terms of new waves, the spread of variants and the evidence of reinfections. The growing heterogeneity of clinical presentation requires the identification of underlying pathogenic mechanisms to allow a better risk stratification. Previous studies analysed the role of sex hormones in disease severity demonstrating in male patients the association of...

Background: In the last decades mini-invasive techniques have been proposed to reduce costs and complications of emithyroidectomy and thyroidectomy, both for benign nodular goiter and thyroid microcarcinoma, and image-guided laser and radiofrequency ablation are the most used.Purpose: To investigate short and long-term efficacy of image-guided laser and radiofrequency ablation as therapy options for benign nodular goiter.Methods: F...