Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The aim of this report is to present the uncommon clinical presentation of a patient with a pancreatic NET.Case report: A 55-year-old man with personal history of hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and depression. He was referred to the outpatient for high levels of calcium in repeated assessments during the last year. He referred polyuria and polydipsia. Not clinical history of bone fractures, abdominal pain, or another digestive symptoms. Initi...

Background and objective: The incidence of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) is increasing worldwide. Radioiodine (RAI) ablation is one of the main elements in the therapy of DTC after surgical removal of the gland. This study aims to compare the use of I131 in a Spanish Cohort of DTC before and after the American Thyroid Association (ATA) 2009 guidelines.Patients and methods: The Cadit-CAM study was designed to evaluate retrospectively characterist...

Background and objective: Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is recognized as a separate entity by the World Health Organization. Biological behaviour and clinical outcomes of PTMC are heterogenous. Presence of lymph node metastases (LNM) in this group of patients increases the risk of recurrence and makes optimal management in PTMC controversial (observation, lobectomy with or without preventive central ipsilateral dissection). The aim of this study was to describe risk ...

Background and objective: Incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is increasing but not its mortality. Knowing recurrence factors is essential to plan its treatment. Recurrence related factors in our area were reviewed and compared with ATA risk stratification system.Patients and Methods: The Cadit-CAM study was designed to evaluate characteristics of patients diagnosed of DTC in Castilla La Mancha, a region in the central part of Spain, during ...

Background and objective: The AJCC-TNM system is optimized to predict survival in patients with cancer. Since January 2018, the new eighth edition of this staging system will be used to classify patients diagnosed of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). This study aims to compare the seventh and eighth editions of the AJCC-TNM system in a Spanish Cohort of DTC.Patients and Methods: The Cadit-CAM study was designed to evaluate characteristics of patien...

Introduction: Adrenal schwannomas are very rare tumors that are difficult to diagnose properatively. They represent only 1–3% of all retroperitoneum masses.Case report: A 30-year-old woman was referred to the outpatient to evaluate an adrenal mass incidentally found on abdominal ultrasonographic images obtained for self-limit abdominal pain. Her medical and family histories were unremarkable. Clinically asymptomatic, only referred amenorrhea for two...