Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Prolactinomas are frequent in women and between 20 and 40 years but rarely seen in men especially as macroadenoma. Both in microadenomas and macroadenomes unless there is not any indication for an emergent surgery, first line treatment is always medical with dopamine agonists. In this report, we presented a patient with macroprolactinoma that disappears in a short time with dopamine agonist treatment.Case: A 20-year-old boy admitted to endo...

Aim: Thyroid tissue originates from foramen cecum located in the base of the tongue and with embryonal development it descends through thyroglossal duct to its normal location. A total or partial failure in thyroid tissue descending causes ectopic thyroid tissue. One of this ectopic region is lingual region. We presented two case of ectopic thyroid tissue.Case 1: A 18-year-old female that uses levothyroxine 100 mcg/day for hypothyroidism admitted to endo...