Endocrine Abstracts

In July 2010, a 69-year-old woman presented because of a CT proven 5th lumbar vertebral metastasis of thyroid carcinoma and in August she underwent a total thyroidectomy and central node dissection. Histopathology revealed a moderately differentiated Hürthle cell carcinoma which was according to TNM classification pT3N1M1 tumor. Thereafter, a right hemylaminectomy of L5 and metastasectomy was performed in order to decompress the L5 and S1 spinal nerves. The histopathology...