Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The association between autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) and other autoimmune diseases is well-known. The prevalence of concurrent autoimmune gastritis and celiac disease in AITD has been estimated at approximately 20–25% and 2–5% respectively. Although both conditions have significant morbidity including malignancy and may necessitate dietary modifications and endoscopic evaluation, no recommendation exists to screen AITD patients for these autoimmune d...

Background: The differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal tumors includes lymphoid, germ cell and neurogenic tumors such as paraganglioma. Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors of the autonomic nervous system, which may secrete catecholamines and their metabolites. Clinical features include sustained or paroxysmal hypertension, headaches, sweating and palpitations. Here we present an unusual case of a retroperitoneal tumor entrapping a sympathetic nerve ganglion and mi...

Background: The BSRTC aimed to standardize thyroid cytopathology reporting while enabling stratification of risk of malignancy (ROM) in thyroid nodules. Observational studies have demonstrated varying ROM for the Bethesda III and IV categories, further affected by the recent exemption of NIFTP. Finally, molecular testing is becoming a reasonable alternative for evaluating ROM in categories III and IV.Objective: To retrospectively establish the use of Bet...