Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adequate iodine intake is important in pregnant women.Objective: To determinate iodine status and thyroid volumen (TV) in healthy pregnant women from Navarra (Spain), and to evaluate possible influence of diet.Methods: A cross-sectional study of 144 women in the first trimester of pregnancy (single pregnancies) was carried during 2014. We measured thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine (fT4) and antithyroid...

Background: The main limitation of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is represented by indeterminate category (Bethesda III and IV) in which the risk of malignancy is between 5-30%. Given this result, surgical treatment is necessary in many cases. The aim of our study is to assess whether the ultrasound patterns proposed by the ATA, help us to stratify the risk of malignancy in nodules with Bethesda IV cytology result.Methods: From January 2011 to June 2017 w...

Introduction: Lingual thyroid ectopia is a rare congenital abnormality affecting embryogenesis of the gland descent from foregut through pre-tracheal region in the neck. Most cases have an asymptomatic course but may occasionally produce local obstructive symptoms. Diagnostic methods are 99mTc, 131I or 123I radionuclide scan, computed tomography scan, magnetic resonance, and ultrasound. Surgery is the elective treatment for cases presenting com...