Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The ATA guidelines 2015 suggests lobectomy as an option for low risk thyroid tumors between 1–4 cm, although there remains some controversy once some characteristics become apparent only on pathologic examination.Objective/methods: Retrospective analysis of patients who underwent thyroid surgery in 2014 and 2015, with a histologic diagnosis of WDTC 1–4 cm in size and revision of the proportion of patients eligible for lobectomy wi...

Introduction: Recently, noninsulinoma pancreatogenous hypoglycaemia syndrome (NIPHS) has been described following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery in morbidly obese patients. It has been proposed that hypoglycaemia might be a consequence of a failure to adaptively decrease insulin secretion after surgery. The authors present a case of a morbidly obese patient with severe hypoglycaemias beginning 3 months after gastric banding surgery.Case report: A 60-ye...