Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Our institution (University Hospital “L. Vanvitelli“ - Naples, Italy) is a high-volume (HV) center in Naples metropolitan area and many patients are referred there to repeat thyroid fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) after initial FNAC performed in low-volume institutions (LV). The aims of the study were to 1) to examine the inter-observer agreement between HV and LV institutions according to the Italian thyroid cytology system, and 2) explore how the ...

Objective: Since the relationship between thymic hyperplasia (TH) and Graves’ Disease (GD) is of paramount importance for diagnostic and therapeutic choices, a wider knowledge of this association is required for endocrinologists in routine clinical practice. Our aim was to assess the prevalence, the clinical features, and the response to treatment of GD-related TH in an Academic referral centre.Methods: All consecutive cases of GD-related TH at Univ...