Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Pheochromocytomas are tumors arising from chromaffin cells diagnosed in <1% of patient evaluated for hypertension.Methodology: A retrospective analysis of case records of those patients with histopathologically confirmed pheochromocytoma in our hospital from 1993–2006 (14 years) was conducted.Result: A total of 94 patients were diagnosed to have pheochromocytoma during this period. The median age at presentatio...

Aim: To analyse the clinical profile in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma.Materials & Methods: A retrospective analysis of case records of 232 patients who had under gone treatment for differentiated thyroid carcinoma from year 2000–2004 in Christian Medical College, Vellore was done and the intended data obtained using spss data.Results: A preoperative FNAC suggested thyroid neoplasm in 60%. Total thyroidecto...

Aim: To study patients with Bone metastases in papillary carcinoma thyroid and the role of I-131 ablation.Methods: Retrospective analysis of patients with papillary carcinoma of thyroid between 1960–2005 in our institution.Results: Of 1538 patients who had thyroid carcinoma, papillary carcinoma was seen in 1228 (79.8%), and 21 patients with papillary carcinoma (1.71%) had bone metastases. Seventy percent of them were between 4...