Endocrine Abstracts

Objectivesstudying the clinical and evolutionary characteristics of neuroendocrine laryngeal tumors and their management modalities.Materials and methodsA retrospective study with 4 cases of neuroendocrine tumors (NET) of the larynx ENT service of the Farhat Hached hospital of Sousse.ResultsOur series consisted of 3 men and a woman. The average age was 49 years [3...

AimsStudying the clinical presentation, paraclinical explorations, and therapeutic modalities of thyroid abscess.Materials and methodsWe report the observation of a diabetic patient with multiple thyroidian abscesses, hospitalized in the ENT department.ObservationThe patient is 55 years old, diabetic, treated one month before admission for urinary tract infection....

IntroductionThe parathyroid cyst is a benign lesion that develops at the expense of the gland parathyroid. It is rarely revealed by palpable cervical swelling and is often a surgical discovery. The purpose of our work is to report an observation of parathyroid cyst, and specify the methods of pre-operative diagnosis and the different therapeutic possibilities.Materials and methodsWe report an observation of a...

Introduction: Dyshormonogenetic goiter (DG) is considered as a form of thyroid hyperplasia due to enzymatic defects in hormone synthesis. The architectural polymorphism and cellular atypia may mimic thyroid neoplasms and cause difficulties in differential diagnosis.Results: We report 3 cases of DG occurring in one females and two males who were aged 20, 9, and 7 years old, respictively. All patients presented with clinically evidence of goiter. Hypothyro...

Introduction: Remnants of the fourth branchial arch are extremely rare with less than 100 cases reported in the literature and account for 1–4% of all branchial anomalies. These anomalies typically present as recurrent neck infections and/or abscesses or acute suppurative thyroiditis. We report a case of cyst of the 4th cleft revealed by a thyroiditis treated in our department.Case report: A 6-year-old boy presented with recurrent neck swellings. Du...

Introduction: Metastases of thyroid tumors are rare. Metastatic sites are in order of frequency : pulmonary, bone and brain. Facial bones metastases are exceptional. These metastases are more frequent in vesicular than papillary carcinoma histological. The aim of our work is to describe the clinical and radiological aspects as well as the therapeutic modalities.Observation 1 and 2: A 38-year-old woman and 13-year-old boy consulted for a chronic cough wit...

Introduction: Olfactory neuroblastoma causing syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) as paraneoplastic syndrome is very rare. There have been only 10 cases with antidiuretic hormone (ADH) producing olfactory neuroblastoma in the literature. The syndrome is due to ectopic production of protein hormones, hormone precursors, or hormone-like substances by the tumor tissue. Here, we report the case of olfactory neuroblastoma associated with SIADH.<p class="abste...