Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Subacute (de Quervainś) thyroiditis is an uncommon altough not a rare condition. Pain in the thyroid and ill-defined hypoechogenic thyroid lesions in ultrasonography are typicall findings, occasionaly are increased thyroid hormones levels. Often preceded by upper respiratory tract infection. The disease is self-limited and often resolves spontaneously, usually without subsequent thyroid function abnormalities, or it may improve with anti-inflammatory drugs a...

Introduction: Spontaneous cervical haematomas represent a rare condition. Few case reports have been published concerning spontaneous haematomas visible on the anterior side of a neck. These were caused by rupture of the superior thyroid artery, rupture of a thyroid nodule or the thyroid. A case of sternocleidomastoid haematoma due to haemorrhage into a nodal deposit of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma has also been described.Case report: A 39-year-old woman ...

Lymphocytic hypophysitis is a rare endocrine autoimmune disorder. Principal laboratory markers for diagnosis are antipituitary antibodies (APA). So far there are no standardized methods for the detection of APA and it is not completely clear which antigens are they targeted to as well. At present the indirect immunofluorescence technique is commonly used for their detection. For this purpose cryostat sections of pituitary gland are used. Commercially accessible sections are ac...