Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid sonography has become the first line diagnostic procedure for thyroid nodules. The characterization of specific sonografic patterns associated with high risk of malignancy has enabled physicians to determine which nodules are more likely to be malignant and thus merit further evaluation.Aim: We investigated whether the ultrasonographic nodule characteristics proposed in the literature were able to predict cytology findings after ult...

Background: The mechanisms regulating adrenarche have not been elucidated, although evidence supports a critical role for ACTH and possibly other unidentified pituitary or adrenal contributing factors. Absent adrenarche has been described in children with a variety of sellar tumors. We describe a case series of five adults with congenital hypopituitarism and absent adrenarche.Cases: Three females and two males with “idiopathic” congenital hypop...