Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionAcromegaly is an uncommon chronic disease with an insidious course. Due to the high morbimortality it causes, its early diagnosis and treatment are priority. The three therapeutic pillars are surgery, pharmacological treatment and radiotherapy, alone or in combination.ObjectivesTo clinically, biochemically and histologically characterize patients with acromegaly under follow-up in a tertiary hospi...

ObjectivesTo present the results of our series of endoscopic surgery of PA, performed in a third level hospital by an experienced team.MethodsRetrospective review of PA undergoing endoscopic surgery between 2011 – 2018 in our institution. Clinical variables and radiological characteristics and outcomes were collected at diagnosis, before surgery and for an average of 4.8 years of postoperative follow-up....

Retinoic acid (RA) treatment has been used in the last decade for redifferentiation of metastatic thyroid cancer that have lost radioiodine uptake (RIup) with heterogeneous results.Aim: To evaluate the improvement of RIup after a course of RA treatment.Method: Retrospective analysis of 29 patients with radioiodine negative metastatic disease (17 men /12 women; 22 papillary, 4 follicular and 3 oncocytic tumours). RA was given at a d...

IntroductionAlthough surgical treatment of acromegaly is the treatment of choice in most patients, a wide therapeutic arsenal is available. Medical treatment can be indicated as primary treatment, complementary and even as pre-operative treatment.ObjectivesTo determine the prevalence of uncured acromegaly and the prevalence of controlled disease within this group. To clinically, biochemically and histological...

Introduction: Advanced differentiated thyroid carcinoma (aDTC) – herein defined as locally unresectable or metastatic disease – is one of the most common late-stage endocrine neoplasias. However, available data about its natural history is limited. ERUDIT is a multicenter, observational, retrospective study of patients diagnosed with aDTC in Spain and Portugal. The study describes its natural history from the initial diagnosis until the advanced stages of disease, ...

Advanced differentiated thyroid carcinoma (aDTC), herein defined as locally unresectable and/or metastatic, is one of the most common late-stage endocrine neoplasias. However, available data about its natural history are limited. ERUDIT is a multicenter, observational, retrospective study of patients diagnosed with aDTC in Spain and Portugal. The study describes its natural history from the initial diagnosis until the advanced stages, focusing on specific characteristics of th...