Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism comprises one of the major causes of hypercalcaemia and is mostly due to solitary parathyroid adenoma. Denosumab is a novel antiresorptive agent for osteoporosis treatment and has been associated with a compensatory increase in PTH levels during the first months after injection, a fact that may interfere in the diagnostic procedures when dealing with concomitant small parathyroid adenomas without standard scintigraphic pattern.<p c...

Aim: Thyroid cancer comprises the most common endocrine malignancy and a variety of studies have investigated the role of thyroid autoimmunity as an independent risk factor for the manifestation of differentiated thyroid cancer in otherwise benign thyroid disorders. Objective of the current retrospective study is the assessment of any possible correlation between thyroid autoimmunity, in terms of elevated thyroid autoantibodies, and incidental thyroid microcarcinoma (ITC) in n...