Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Surgical management of clinically N0 (cN0) patients with thyroid carcinomas remains debatable due to various reported frequencies of lymph node (LN) metastases. The aim of this paper was to present usefulness of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) of jugulo-carotid regions after methylene blue dye (MBD) mapping in intraoperative selection of cN0 patients with papillary and medullary thyroid carcinomas for one-time lateral neck dissection (LND).<p class="abstext...

Introduction: The aim of this study was to examine prognostic significance of patient-related, tumor-related and treatment-related factors for intrathyroidal papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC), via multivariate analysis.Materials and methods: This study included 153 patients with intrathyroidal PTCs (pT1/pT2/pT3) surgically treated in our Institution during two-decade period. Patients with locally invasive tumors (pT4) and initial distant metastases (M1)...

Introduction: The aim was to analyse usefulness of sentinel lymph node (LN) biopsy of jugulo-carotid regions after methylene blue dye mapping for selection of clinically N0 patients with medullary thyroid microcarcinomas (MTMC) and lateral LN metastases for one-time modified radical neck dissection (MRND).Materials and methods: From 2007 to 2016th, 15 patients were operated in our institution due to MTMCs with serum calcitonin levels lower tha...

Introduction: Dermoid cysts are usually presented as solitary hamartomatous tumor, containing all skin adnexa. They can be found in the skin and subcutis of the face and neck; or can be intracranial, intraspinal, or intra-abdominal, localized in the ovary or omentum. Cutaneous cysts most commonly appear on the forehead, around eyes, as well as on the floor of the mouth, rarely on the neck.Case report: We present a 24-year-old female patient with a dermoi...

Introduction: Serum calcitonin level (sCT) is a precise marker for medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). However, lymph node (LN) metastases can be found in lower sCT, as well, and preoperative ultrasound may provide false negative findings on regional LNs. The aim was to present original technique of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy of jugulo-carotid regions, after methylene blue dye mapping procedure, and its usefulness for selection of clinically N0 patients with MTC for modif...

Introduction: Surgical management of clinically N0 (cN0) patients with thyroid carcinomas remains debatable due to various reported frequencies of lymph node (LN) metastases. Preoperative ultrasound identifies only half of LN metastases found at surgery. The aim of this report was to present our experience with sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) of jugulo-carotid regions, after methylene blue dye (MBD) mapping and frozen section analysis (FSA), in detection of LN metastases in ...