Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Berardinelli Seip Congenital Lypodystrophy (BSCL) is a rare otosomal recessive disease characterized by major criteria which are lypoatrophy, acromegaloid features, hepatomegaly, hypertriglyceridemia, insulin resistance and minor citeria which are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, psycomotor retardation, hirsutism, precocious puberty, long bone cysts, phlebomegaly. The presence of three major criteria or two major plus two minor criteria required for diagnosis of BSCL...

Introduction: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients with distant metastasis (DM) have variable clinical forms. PTC mostly metastasizes to the regional cervical lymph node. Metastasis rate is approximately 20–90% available when diagnosed. In addition, the overall incidence of DM is approximately 10%. DM are usually to the lungs, bone and brain. Furthermore rarely liver, pancreas, skeletal muscle, adrenal gland, ovaries, sphenoid sinuses and submandibular gland metasta...