Endocrine Abstracts

Thyroid carcinoma showing thymus-like differentiation (CASTLE) is an extremely rare thyroid neoplasm. This type of tumour may arise from branchial pouch remnants or ectopic thymus and is considered as independent clinicopathological entity of thyroid neoplasms. There have been only about 100 cases described in the literature, so far. Here, we have retrospectively analyzed the data from histopathology and clinics of a 70 year old female patient with thyroid CASTLE who underwent...

Introduction: Lymphocytic hypophysitis is rare in children, with only <100 cases described in the medical literature, of which only a few are biopsy-proven. Usually results in hypophysis and pituitary enlargement. Arginine vasopressin deficiency and growth retardation are the most significant presenting symptoms in children with hypophysitis, different from teenagers in whom adrenal insufficiency, hypogonadism, headache, or diplopia might be the leading ma...