Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is considered an alternative treatment for benign thyroid nodules and malignant thyroid cancers. There were various clinical practice guidelines from international societies for ablation of benign thyroid nodules. Recently, RFA is becoming a promising treatment choice for recurrence thyroid cancer, and RFA is suggested as a minimally invasive treatment for low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). Several international societie...

Objective: To evaluate computed tomography (CT) features for diagnosing metastatic cervical lymph nodes (LNs) in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and propose CT-based risk stratification system modified from the Korean Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (K-TIRADS) guidelines.Materials and Methods: A total of 463 LNs from 397 patients with DTC who underwent preoperative CT staging and US-guided fine needle aspiration of LNs were in...

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of ultrasound-guided RFA for symptomatic distant metastasis of DTC.Methods: The medical records of 12 patients who underwent RFA for palliative treatment of 18 symptomatic distant metastases from thyroid cancer between January 2008 and December 2020 were analyzed. All patients were assessed for their degree of discomfort, and were evaluated periodically as outpatients, clinically, and by imaging and ser...