Endocrine Abstracts

Pain is one of the few drawbacks of fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in patients with nodular thyroid disease (NTD). Lidocaine/prilocaine cream, an eutectic mixture of local anesthetics (EMLA), is a frequently used topical anesthetic. Despite its well-documented efficacy for the relief of pain associated with other cutaneous procedures that involve needle insertion, the analgesic role of EMLA has not been previously reported in patients with NTD who are undergoing FNAB. Th...

Objective: Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) is usually classified into 2 types (type 1, in which a high iodine content triggers the autonomous production of thyroid hormone; and type 2, in which destructive thyroiditis causes the release of preformed thyroid hormone). A mixed form of AIT has also been also described. AIT is a difficult management problem that sometimes requires ablative thyroid therapy. The use of radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy in patients with type 1...