Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) and Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC) have proven to be the most valuable diagnostic procedure for preoperative discrimination of benign and malignant thyroid nodules. Thyroid surgery may cause regional scarring and some degree of fibrotic process which may result in problems when collecting FNAB samples and evaluating the cellular abnormalities. In this study, we aimed to determine whether the Bethesd...

IntroductionPituitary adenomas secreting TSH (TSHoma) are a rare cause of hyperthyroidism. They account for approximately 0.5–3 % of functioning pituitary tumours and much less than 1% of all cases of hyperthyroidism. TSHoma should be considered in all hyperthyroid patients, especially those with diffuse goitre and no extrathyroidal signs of Graves’ disease.Case 1A 30-year-old female applied to the ...

IntroductionWhile cervical lymph nodes are the region where head and neck malignancies frequently metastasize, prostate carcinoma rarely metastasizes to this area. Here, we will present a case with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma whose pathological lymph node cytology in the cervical region was found to be prostate carcinoma metastasis.Case <capti...