Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid malignancy associated with hyperthyroidism is considered rare. Retrospective studies have shown the incidence of thyroid malignancy in hyperthyroid patients to be low (0.7–8.5%). To assess the clinical relevance of this association, thyroid status in a cohort of patients with thyroid malignancy were analysed.Method: Thyroid malignancies diagnosed histologically in 56 patients, over a 18-month period beginning from April 2013, i...