Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate ultrasonographical and elastosonographical characteristics, cytological results and histopathological features of nodules in patients with Hurthle cells in cytological examination and operated for various reasons.Method:57 patients and 57 nodules detected to have Hurthle cells in thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) were included in the study.Results: Among 57 nodules with Hurt...

Objective: In the Bethesda classification (BC), which is used in cytopathologic evaluation of thyroid nodules, follicular lesion of undetermined significance (FLUS) does not involve sufficient cellular atypia for follicular neoplasia or malignancy, while it doesn’t comprise the cytologic benign criteria. Therefore, there is no consensus for those nodules to follow-up and therapeutic approaches. In this study, we aimed to determine the ultrasonographic features and histopa...

Aim: In our study, we aimed to evaluate the cytologic findings of the thyroid nodules, in which macrocalcification is determined with ultrasonography.Method: We evaluated retrospectively 907 nodules of 269 patients, who have nodular or multinodular goiter and have macrocalcification at least in one nodule. The same patients’ nodules that don’t have macrocalcification are taken into the control group. Patient’s thyroid function tests, ultra...

Aim: Neopterin is a mareker of inflammation secreted from monocytes and macrophages. It is found to be increased in malignant diseases. The aim this study was to evaluate the urine neopterin levels in thyroid cancer.Materials and methods: Sixty nine patients with thyroid cancer, 76 patients with benign thyroid pathology and 33 healthy subjects were evaluated. First morning urine samples were collected from the patients and the normal subjects for neopter...

Aim: In this study, our aim is to evaluate the ultrasonographic features and histopathologic results of the thyroid nodules which are defined as AUS and contribute to the therapeutic approach of these nodules.Methods: We evaluated 95 nodules of 92 patients, who have nodular or multinodular goiter and had diagnosed AUS at least in one nodule with fine-needle aspiration (FNA). Patients’ thyroid function tests, ultrasonographic features of the nodules ...

Objective: In our clinic we aimed to assess ultrasonographic and histopathologic data of thyroid nodules of patients with nodular thyroid disease reported their repeated cytologic results as non-diagnostic.Methods: Seventy-five patients with nodular thyroid disease whom their TFNAB results were reported 2–3 times non-diagnostically (due to large nodule, ultrasonographically suspicious nodule, high elastosonographic score or strain index, family hist...