Endocrine Abstracts

Primary hyperparathyroidism is characterized by abnormal PTH secretion from one or more hyperfunctioning parathyroids and hypercalcemia. PTH exerts a catabolic effect on the cortical bone resulting in the osteitis fibrosa cystica. Two patients were referred to us after destroyed surgery for brown tumors mistaken for primitive bone tumors.A 59 years old man was referred to emergency department for a pathologic fracture of the left hip. The X-ray showed a ...

Aim: To develop a cost-effective instrument to evaluate the preoperative malignancy risk of thyroid nodules (TNs).Patients&Methods: A meta-analysis of the clinical (C) and ultrasonographic (U) features associated with an increased risk of malignancy was conducted searching in the PubMed database. For each of them we computed the odds ratio and we consequently assigned a score. The resulted C+U score along with the 5-tiered score of fine-needle aspira...