Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Riedel’s thyroiditis is a rare disorder of unknown aetiology and may be seen isolated or as a part of multifocal fibrosclerosis. Multifocal fibrosclerosis involves two or more fibrotic disorders including Riedel’s thyroiditis, retroperitoneal fibrosis, sclerosing mediastinitis, retro-orbital pseudotumour and sclerosing cholangitis. We report a case of recurrent Riedel’s thyroiditis as part of multifocal fibrosclerosis presenting with a woody neck s...

Introduction: It is well known that struma ovarii, choriocarcinoma and follicular thyroid carcinoma can cause thyrotoxicosis. We report a rare case of a man with carcinomatosis presenting with acute thyrotoxicosis, unilateral proptosis and neck swelling.Case report: A 48-year-old man presented with a 2 weeks history of neck swelling, profuse sweating, heat intolerance, agitation, weight loss and mild unilateral proptosis. He was a smoker with a 20 years ...