Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: To systematically characterize autonomously functioning thyroid nodules (AFTN) by clinical, biological and imaging methods, cytology and histology when indicated.Design: Prospective, single-center study conducted from March 2018 until September 2021, in 901 consecutive patients with 67 AFTN evaluated.Methods: Enrolled patients underwent 99mTcO4 scintigraphy evaluation of thyroid function, ultrasound (US) usin...

Langherhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) and Erdheim-Chester (EC) are two histiocytic disorders which occurrence in the same patient has rarely been described. Thyroid involvement of LCH is rare, and concurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) exceptionally reported. We report a case of a 73 year old man who presented a diagnosis of mixed histiocytosis LCH and EC. The patient suffered of insipidus diabetes since 1 year without pituitary abnormality but clinical examination showed...

Background: Widespread use of imaging has led to the detection of an increasing number of thyroid nodules. Thyroid societies have recommended the use of Thyroid Imaging, Reporting and Data System (TIRADS). However, there is a multitude of such risk stratification systems (RSS) for selecting thyroid nodules for FNA. They may be time consuming and consensus on thyroid nodule descriptors lacks. Also studies have suggested that operators’ experience may not be inferior to usi...