Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: With a prevalence of about one in 3000 newborns, congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is the leading cause of preventable mental retardation and growth failure. The objective of this work is to clarify the contribution of thyroid scintigraphy (TS) using technetium 99 m for the diagnosis of CH and this through the experience of the nuclear medicine department in Sahloul university Hospital.Materials and methods: This is a retrospective study inclu...

IntroductionThyrotoxicosis due to functioning metastases in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is exceedingly rare. The mechanism remains unknown despite several hypotheses. We report on a case of transient thyrotoxicosis due to functioning bone metastasis of follicular thyroid carcinoma.Case reportWe present a case of female patient of 68-years-old diagnosed with follicular thyroid carcinoma revealed by a l...

IntroductionRadioiodine I-131 (RAI) therapy of Graves’ Disease (GD) affects biological thyroid function, clinical signs of hyperthyroidism (SCH), but also the mass of the thyroid (MT). The aim of our study is to assess the effect of RAI on GD and TM according to biological thyroid function after 6 and 12 months.MethodsThis is a prospective study of 86 patients (mean age 43 ± 11, sex ratio 2.07) refe...

Introduction: Multiple primary cancers are a rare entity; however their incidence is increasing due to advances in diagnostic methods and surveillance strategies. The coexistence in the same patient of several primary malignant tumors has been described in the literature with a frequency varying from 5.5% to 8.5%.The aim of this observation is to report a case associating 3 neoplasias:medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) a...

Introduction and aimsMacroscopic angioinvasion associated to lymph node metastasis from follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) is scarce and leads usually to a poor outcome.Subjects and methodsWe report a case of FTC with extensive vascular invasion into the right jugular vein and numerous lymph nodes. We reviewed clinical records of our patient and analysed clinical outcomes and thyroglobulin rate as well as ima...