Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0092ps1-05-03 | Thyroid hormone diagnostics 1 | ETA2023

Usefulness of real-time quantitative microvascular ultrasonography for differentiation of graves’ disease from destructive thyroiditis in thyrotoxic patients: prospective study

Baek Hansang , Jun Lim Dong , Ha Jeonghoon

Background: The purpose of this study was to measure the ability of Microvascular ultrasonography (MVUS), which is a third-generation Doppler technique developed to increase sensitivity, to distinguish GravesÂ’ disease (GD) from destructive thyroiditis (DT).Methods: This prospective study included a total of 167 patients from October 2020 to January 2023. Of them, 85 were patient with GD. All ultrasonography examinations were performed using microvas...

ea0092ps2-18-07 | Treatment 1 | ETA2023

Role of preoperative serum calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen in predicting surgical extent of lateral lymph node metastasis in medullary thyroid carcinoma: a multicenter study in korea

Kim Bohyun , Kim Mijin , Gu Kim Won , Jun Lim Dong , Kyung Kim Hee , Kang Ho-Cheol , Ahn Byeong-Cheol , Sook Kim Eun , Bae Kim Won , Kee Shong Young

Background: The optimal initial surgical extent for medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) remains controversial. Aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of serum calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA) to predict the extent of surgery needed in the lateral neck in patients with MTC.Methods: This retrospective multicenter cohort study included data from patients with MTC surgically treated in the 6 tertiary medical centers in Korea from 1996 to 202...