Endocrine Abstracts

Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC)is a very polymorphic tumour, it remains difficult to diagnose, especially in cytology. The MTC is characterized by a polymotphic cell population, the amyloid stroma is found in 43 to 81% of cases. In this retro and prospective study carried out over 5 years, we included 45 lesions (8 nodules, 35 lymph nodes and 2 cervical masses) these lesions were punctured and the cytological results were compared with the definitive histology. On cytology, 13 ...

Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare but relatively serious disease, whose prognosis depends on the stage of the tumor and the quality of the initial surgical treatment. The determination of the plasma calcitonin; cervical ultrasound, and fine needle aspiration biopsy are first line examinations; nevertheless they do not always make it possible to make a certain diagnosis in preoperative; moreover they do not define the MTC nodule in a multi nodular goiter and the metas...

Hyperthyroidism is a clinical situation characterized by an excess of thyroid hormones in the circulation, the most common etiology of which is Graves’ disease. Its treatment is based on ATS, iodine 131 and surgery. The iratherapy, object of our study, is a treatment of current practice. It is a simple and radical treatment whose goal is to switch to euthyroidism or hypothyroidism. In case of failure or recurrence, a 2nd or even a 3rd cure is prescribed. We conducted a re...