Endocrine Abstracts

(i)Background (i): Treatment of Graves' disease involves a choice of several methods such as medical treatment, radioactive iodine and surgery. However, primary treatment of this condition remains controversial and shows considerable geographical variations worldwide.(i)Objective (i): In this study we examined the rate of complete remission (without relapse), relapse and complications of the different treatment modalities (carbimazole, radioactive iodine and subtotal thyro...

Objective: To evaluate pheochromocytoma that occurs in Saudi patients with MEN 2APatients and methods: Of 44 patients belonging to 5 MEN 2A families, 14 (31.8%) presented with pheochromocytoma. The following variables have been studied: clinical and diagnostic data (age, mutation, clinical features, and laboratory studies included measurements of 24-h urinary catecholamines, epinephrine, metanephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine, vanillylmandelic acid, and ...