Endocrine Abstracts

Nodular thyroid disease is frequently observed in patients with acromegaly. The aim of this study is to evaluate thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer frequency in acromegalic patients. The data of 125 acromegalic (55 males and 70 females) patients followed over 10 years were evaluated retrospectively from the recorded files. Data for gender, age, duration of acromegaly, thyroid function tests, thyroid ultrasonography (US), and thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) and thy...

Lesions causing primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP) can be summarised as solitary adenoma (80–85%), multiglandular hyperplasia (15%), parathyroid carcinoma (1%). While double adenomas are identified in 2–15% of the patients which are operated for PHP, triple adenomas are very rare. The case is presented because in the recent years patients who are admitted to the hospital with intense bone complaints are very unusual and multiple adenomas are also seldom. 22 years old ...