Endocrine Abstracts

BackgroundIt is known that the thyroid gland is sensitive to the damaging effects of irradiation, and patients who have received radiotherapy for tumor treatment require regular thyroid screening subsequently. A few cases of thyroid cancer after receiving 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) therapy in the treatment of neuroblastoma in childhood have been described (HM van Santen et al 2012; SC Clement et al, 2013). Here, we report the two cases of papill...

Tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome of abnormal phosphate metabolism caused by a small mesenchymal tumor that secrete fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23). A 29-year-old female has suffered from two low-traumatic hip fractures, multiple fractures at the pelvic and sacrum, and diffuse bone pain for more than 3 years. Her mobility was limited in the last year (used crutches) because she had severe muscle weakness. Laboratory examination at the time ...