Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adequate iodine intake is important in pregnant women.Objective: To determinate iodine status and thyroid volumen (TV) in healthy pregnant women from Navarra (Spain), and to evaluate possible influence of diet.Methods: A cross-sectional study of 144 women in the first trimester of pregnancy (single pregnancies) was carried during 2014. We measured thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine (fT4) and antithyroid...

Background: The main limitation of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is represented by indeterminate category (Bethesda III and IV) in which the risk of malignancy is between 5-30%. Given this result, surgical treatment is necessary in many cases. The aim of our study is to assess whether the ultrasound patterns proposed by the ATA, help us to stratify the risk of malignancy in nodules with Bethesda IV cytology result.Methods: From January 2011 to June 2017 w...

Objetive: The aim of our study is to asses the validity of ultrasound patterns proposed by the ATA and malignancy risk in the cytological diagnosis classified by the Bethesda System.Methods: Prospective study including all thyroid nodules (with no previous cytological results), assessed in our center from July/2016 to June/2017. We classified nodules in ATA sonographic risk patterns and follow-up its fine needle aspiration (FNA) recommendations. The stat...