Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Intraoperative management of thyroid gland in laryngeal cancer is controversial. In fact, there is no uniform consensus about the need for thyroid surgery in laryngeal cancer.Objective: Determine the incidence of thyroid gland invasion in patients undergoing surgery for laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.Methods: A retrospective study including 62 cases of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma who underwent a total larynge...

Introduction: Oncocytic tumors can occur in the thyroid gland and other endocrine tissues, including the parathyroid, pituitary gland, adrenal cortex, pancreas, gut, and lung. Thyroid oncocytic tumors are rare: 3-10% of thyroid epithelial tumors. They are characterized by the presence of oncocytic cells called “Hürthle” cells.Objective: Describe the clinical, pathological and therapeutic features of oncocytic tumors of the thyroid gland.</...

Introduction: Ultrasound has become an indispensable diagnostic modality in the evaluation of the risk of malignancy of a thyroid nodule. Objective: Identify the predictive factors of malignancy in thyroid nodules on ultrasound.Methods: This is a retrospective study including 333 patients diagnosed with thyroid nodules and operated between 2010 and 2020. A significance threshold of 0.05 was adopted for the statistical analysis....