Endocrine Abstracts

Primary mediastinal ectopic goiters are very rare and comprise about 1% of all mediastinal tumors. Blood supply of primary mediastinal goiter comes from local intrathoracic vessels. Compressing symptoms, diagnostic uncertainty, and the risk of malignancy support surgical excision.Case report: The patient is a 40-year-old woman with a 6-month history of progressive dyspnea, chest and back pain. Chest X-ray showed the left superior mediastinal mass was com...

Diffuse sclerosing variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma is a rare variant. It is usually seen in children and young adults.The thyroid gland is diffusely involved. It is characterized by scattered microscopic tumor islands, diffuse fibrosis, calcification, abundant lymphocytic infiltration and psammom body when compared with conventional papillary thyroid carcinoma. Usually the lesion does not cause mass but rather a dominant nodule in one lobe is present in 50% of cases. Ly...