Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma is a tumor of follicular origin with morphological and biological characteristics between anaplastic and well differentiated carcinoma. It accounts for less than 5% of all thyroid tumors and is characterized by adverse prognosis, aggressive behavior and frequently distant metastases, mainly to lungs and bones and to a lesser extent to brain, liver, kidney, breast and skin. Incident presentation: We report a case of a patien...

Meningioma is a common, usually benign, tumor of the brain and the spinal cord that originates from any dura surface. Such lesion accounts for 10 to 15% of nonadenomatous sellar masses. Purely intrasellar meningiomas are relatively rare and can mimic a nonfunctioning adenoma. A 33-year-old man with a history of 1.5 year fatigue, anemia and erectile dysfunction referred to our department. The laboratory data revealed low levels of ACTH, Cortisol, FSH, LH and Testosterone, while...

We report on a case of a 63-year-old male patient with a history of metastatic DTC, with both lung and bone metastases and an additional paravertebral mass. The patient presented with enlargement of the left thyroid lobe. FNA was positive for malignancy and subsequent CTs were negative for distant metastases, whereas laboratory tests showed elevated thyroglobulin (Tg>500 ng/ml). The patient underwent total thyroidectomy and the pathology report revealed a multifocal, folli...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas (PCCs) are rare neuroendocrine catecholamine secreting-tumors derived from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla. PCCs are usually solid tumors but rarely occur as a cystic lesion. Cystic pheocromocytomas (CPCCs) are usually asymptomatic, unilateral and of a large size without typical radiological and biochemical features of pheochromocytomas. Non-specific abdominal pain has been reported in several cases.Case Presentati...

Introduction: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) accounts for 1.7% of all thyroid cancers with poor prognosis and a median survival of 4 to 12 months. We report a case of ATC with small intestine perforation due to metastasis in the jejunum.Case report: A 57-year-old woman was referred to our department for a rapidly enlarging goiter and dyspnea. Her latest thyroid ultrasound was performed about a month ago and demonstrated 2 nodules measuring 21×16...