Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose: To evaluate the technical feasibility, efficacy, and safety of the anterolateral hydrodissection (ALHD) technique in radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for benign thyroid nodules.Methods: Between November 2019 and April 2020, 39 patients underwent 41 sessions of RFA with ALHD technique for treatment of benign thyroid nodules. ALHD was performed with cold (0°C–4°C) 5% dextrose solution during RFA to minimize pain and secure sufficient s...

Background: Although obesity and has been associated with COVID-19 mortality, the absolute and relative risks for Type 2 diabetes (DM2) is unknown. The aim of this study was to analyse metabolic characteristics of patients infected by COVID-19 hospitalised and evaluate whether DM2 have an impact in this group of patients.Methods: We retrospectively analysed data of COVID-19 patients hospitalized to a large academic hospital system in Zaragoza between Mar...

AimTo establish a relationship between the severity associated with cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein (CFTR) mutations and the prevalence of abnormal glucose tolerance and diabetes in patients diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF).MethodsObservational, cross-sectional, clinical research in patients with CF evaluated at Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía (Córdoba).<p class...

ObjectiveHealth care for transsexuals has changed in Andalucia since 2014. Our unit of attention to transsexual people began in 2015. The objective of this study is to analyze our experience.Patients and methodsRetrospective study by reviewing the medical records of the transsexuals treated in our unit.Results145 transsexual people. Transsexual man to woman (TMW):...

Objective: To evaluate computed tomography (CT) features for diagnosing metastatic cervical lymph nodes (LNs) in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and propose CT-based risk stratification system modified from the Korean Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (K-TIRADS) guidelines.Materials and Methods: A total of 463 LNs from 397 patients with DTC who underwent preoperative CT staging and US-guided fine needle aspiration of LNs were in...

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of ultrasound-guided RFA for symptomatic distant metastasis of DTC.Methods: The medical records of 12 patients who underwent RFA for palliative treatment of 18 symptomatic distant metastases from thyroid cancer between January 2008 and December 2020 were analyzed. All patients were assessed for their degree of discomfort, and were evaluated periodically as outpatients, clinically, and by imaging and ser...

Background: Evidence suggests that muscle mass depletion is associated with poor clinical outcomes in clinical population. However, the significance of sarcopenia in the liver transplantation (LT) population remains unclear. The purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence and the impact of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity in cirrhosis patients awaiting LT.Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients who underwent LT at our center between Jan...

Introduction: Thyroid ultrasound is the main technique to study this gland’s pathology. ACR TI-RADS system evaluates the malignancy risk in thyroid nodules according to their sonographic features and stablishes the size in which to perform fine needle aspiration (FNA) for its cytological study. Nodules diagnosed as Bethesda category 4 (B4) means are follicular neoplasms or suspicious for follicular neoplasms.Aim: Determine the pathology diagnosis o...

Introduction: Thyroid nodules are a very common finding in sonographies (20–75% people). Criteria for clinical management and for cytological diagnosis (-Bethesda system) are well standardized. In spite of this, a gap of knowledge exists as far as management of Bethesda 4 is concerned.Aim: Evaluate the clinical approach of Bethesda 4 (B4) result in a thyroid cytology.Material and Methods: Retrospective study of thyroid nodule...

IntroductionDenosumab (Dab) withdrawal is associated with a quick loss in bone mineral density (BMD) and a high risk of multiple vertebral fractures. It is still not stablished which strategy best prevents BMD loss after Dab discontinuation.AimCompare the use of bisphosphonates for one year after Dab withdrawal versus a tapering Dab regimen in terms of BMD and fracture occurrence.Method...