Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionFollicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) has metastasis in 10-15%; papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) rarely metastasizes. Bone metastasis are rare and can cause pain, fractures and spinal cord compression.Case-172 year-old male referred to the hospital with lower back pain. Imaging examination revealed lytic lumbar lesions. Thoracic-abdominal-pelvic-CT showed trachea compression by a multinodular right ...

Introdution: Erdheim-Chester disease is a rare multisystemic form of Non-langerhans cell histiocytosis CD67 positive, with approximately 550 published cases. Papillary carcinoma is the most common thyroid cancer with BRAF V600E the most common mutation. Both diseases may be associated to BRAF V600E mutation. If Erdheim- Chester disease is positive to this mutation on histiocytes, a specific pharmacolgical treatment is available, (vemurafenib), with better results.<p class=...