Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To study the characteristics of a cohort of patients with Graves’ orbitopathy (GO) as a self-audit prior to the creation of a multidisciplinary team for the global approach of these patients.Material and Methods: Retrospective study of patients with GO treated at the Endocrinology and Ophthalmology Services of a tertiary referral hospital (Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Seville, Andalusia, Spain) between 2018 and 2021. The following...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the reference values of quantitative shear wave elastography (SWE) for cervical lymph nodes with normal ultrasound characteristics, and assess if there are differences according the location and other characteristics of patients.Methods: 67 cervical lymph nodes from 52 patients with thyroid nodules that were diagnosed previously as different thyroid disease had been imaged with SWE. The shear elasticity modu...

Although we know the gene alterations associated with KAL 2, at present we still do not know certain mutations of the fibroblast factor receptor 1 gene (FGFR gene) that even show complete penetrance of the syndrome. Kallman syndrome is a genetic disease of embryonic development characterized by the association of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism due to GnRH hormone deficiency because of agenesis or hypoplasia of the olfactory sulci. Three subtypes have been described; the classic...

Objectives: To identify risk factors for the development of Graves’ Orbitopathy (GO) in patients with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) treated with Alemtuzumab, as well as to analyze the clinical behavior of this entity based on a case series.Methods: Retrospective observational study with real-life data. Patients with RRMS who received at least one cycle of Alemtuzumab in the period 2014-2022 in aMS reference unit in Spain were include...

Objective: To describe the characteristics, survival and prognostic factors of a cohort of patients with bone metastases (BM) of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC).Methods: Multicenter retrospective observational study. Patients diagnosed with DTC and BM between 1980-2021 were included. A Cox regression was performed to study prognostic factors for 5- and 10-year survival. Kaplan-Meier and log-rank tests were performed for survival analysis and compa...

Introduction: The incidence of thyroid cancer (TC) is low, but rising over time. Some studies point to a possible increase in mortality rate (MR) from this cancer in certain areas of Spain and Andalusia. Our purpose was to analyse the TC mortality in Andalusia and study how it has changed in the last years. We also analysed differences by age, sex, and geographic area.Methods: All deaths from TC were collected between January 1, 1975 and December 1, 2011...