Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Thyroid nodule in the pediatric age group is rare, but the rate of malignancy is much higher than adult population. Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is an accurate test commonly used to determine whether thyroid nodules are malignant in adults. However, less is known about its diagnostic accuracy for this purpose in children.Aim: To characterize the outcomes of FNAB of nodular thyroid disease at a pediatric tertiary-care institution and t...

Introduction: Even though most hypertensive patients have essential hypertension, in the resistant cases the prevalence of secondary hypertension is much higher; therefore its screening should be mandatory. Resistant hypertension usually causes a progressive decline of renal function if blood pressure is not adequately controlled. Such decline is often irreversible; however a timely diagnosis leading to a resolutive treatment can alleviate or even revert the progression of the...

Gliomas are a common tumor type that affects the glial cells with common features of malignant tumors such as aggressive invasiveness, malignant transformation and vascular proliferation through the central nervous system. Currently, standard therapeutic strategies to treat malignant gliomas are not efficient having alow-rate survival (~12 months). Hence, there is a clear necessity for the identification of novel diagnostic/prognostic tools and therapeutic strategies to m...