Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Although thyrotoxicosis is considered to be a very rare finding in a patient with thyroid cancer, there are several reports regarding this unexpected association in specialty literature. A frequent cause of thyrotoxicosis in patients with cardiac disease is amiodarone-induced thyroid dysfunction. The mechanism underlying this adverse reaction can be attributed to high iodine content and the direct toxic effect of the drug on thyroid cells.C...

Introduction: Parathyroid carcinoma represents a very rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. It can be sporadic (most of cases), but also can occur in association with certain syndromes (multiple endocrine neoplasia, hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome or isolated familial hyperparathyroidism).Case report: An 18-year-old woman was referred to the endocrine clinic because of a severe hypercalcemia, detected in the orthopedic surgery department, whe...