Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Brown tumors or osteitis fibrosa cystica are benign bone tumors complicating uncontrolled primary or secondary hyperparathyroidism. They may behave aggressively and can be destructive. Their osteolytic aspect may be misinterpreted as skeletal metastases.Methods: A 37-year-old female patient with chronic renal failure on dialysis, presented with pain and swelling of her left knee for 10 days, with no associated trauma. She gave history of tu...

Introduction: Ectopic thyroid tissue is a rare developmental abnormality due to aberrant embryogenesis and/or migration of the thyroid gland. Although rare (<1%), papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common malignant transformation.Aim: Report a case of Tall cell variant of papillary carcinoma occurring on ectopic thyroid tissue in the thyroglossal duct.Observation: A 56-year-old male patient consulted for a cervical mass ap...