Endocrine Abstracts

Less than 0.5% of parathyroid lesions are cysts out of which only 10–20% are endocrine active. Depending on their localisation, the most frequent symptom of a parathyroid cyst (PC) is neck mass (41.7%) with possible compressive symptoms. Women are more frequently affected and tend to have hormone-inactive PCs. Men tend to have endocrine-active PCs. The best diagnostic approach is still under debate as PCs are relatively rare.Case report 1: A 68-year...

Background: Recent guidelines recommend lobectomy (LOB) when compared to total thyroidectomy (TTX) as the preferred approach for patients with low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). Major advantages are the avoidance of lifelong hormone replacement therapy and the absence of any risk for contralateral recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy and postoperative hypoparathyroidism with no or minimal increased risk for adverse oncological outcomes. However, this limited approached s...

Background: Focused parathyroidectomy has become the standard procedure for patients with sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) fulfilling the criteria for surgical therapy and requires preoperative localization procedures. Ultrasound imaging (US) and 99mTc-sestamibi-scintigraphy with/without SPECT/CT (SC) are established first line procedures. 18F-choline PET/CT (PET) has emerged as a novel sensitive and specific method. However, current reimbursem...