Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the capability of the thyroid nodule ultrasonography criteria of the European Thyroid Imaging and Reporting Data System (EU-TIRADS) to predict fine needle aspiration cytology results categorised by The Bethesda system.Methods: A retrospective analysis was made out of 310 cases of an outpatient clinic over a period of 1 year (2018.03–2019.03). We compared single-specialist-performed thyroid nodule ult...

BackgroundMany microRNAs (miRNA) have been proposed as promising molecular markers of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). However, there are limited data on the correlation between miRNA expression, and neck lymph node metastasis. Analysis of miRNAs expression data may improve perioperative decision making for patients with PTC, specifically in identifying patients harboring neck lymph node metastases (LNM).Aim of the study<p cl...

Abstract: We present a rare clinical case. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT) are extremely rare neoplasms of unknown etiology and most commonly found in lungs and gastrointestinal tract. A rare clinical case of the thyroid IMT occurred in a 50-year-old lithuanian female patient with clinical manifestation of breathlessness, dry cough, hemoptysis, neck mass, arrhythmia and loss of consciousness. Because of elevated D dimers values, pulmonary artery thromboembolism was s...