Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Adreno cortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignancy associated with aggressive biological behavior and poor outcome. The reported incidence in literature is about approximately two cases per million population’s.These tumors might be functional or non-functional depending on their ability to secrete various adrenocortical hormones. ACC occurring in children and adults show distinct characteristics and there is not much literature regarding the differences. Si...

Introduction: Thyroid surgery was initially considered as “horrid butchery” due to associated high morbidity and mortality, however with the advent of safe surgical techniques and improved understanding of thyroid physiology, thyroid surgery has become safer. Still there are certain intra-operative factors, as described in Difficulty Thyroidectomy Scale (DTS)which are thought to be associated with adverse outcome. However anatomical parameters also need to be address...