Endocrine Abstracts

Background: In Belgium, a land with borderline iodine intake, the prevalence of goiter is 6 to 40%. This raises the question of an economically affordable treatment with few side effects. In euthyroid goiters, the effect of radioiodine on volume reduction is debated. Most data were described last century and do not take into account recent thyroid hormone measurements, newer ultrasonography techniques and changes in iodine supplementation. Doses administered in the past and el...

Background: Thyroid nodules are a common finding in clinical practice. Among classic risk factors for thyroid cancer, thyroid scintigraphy has traditionally been attributed prognostic value, with cold nodules implying greater risk. However, research supporting this assumption is of considerable age and possibly influenced by selection bias. In this study, we aimed to calculate the risk of malignancy in cold and hot nodules.Material and Methods: All thyro...

Introduction: The first-line imaging modalities to locate adenomas preoperatively in primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) are ultrasonography (US) and subtraction scintigraphy (SuSc). When these contradict each other or are inconclusive an [11C]-methionine PET/CT (MET-PET/CT) or a 4-dimensional computed tomography (4D-CT) can be performed.Objectives: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the value of MET-PET/CT in the preoperative localizatio...