Endocrine Abstracts

Surgical therapy of the primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP) offers a definite and curative treatment. The cooperation with an experienced endocrinologist is necessary, because the confidence that the patient has a PHP, is the primary presumption for the proper surgical therapy of the PHP. The result of a parathyroidectomy depends mainly on preoperative localization of hyperfunctional tissue and the experience of the surgeon. The parathyroidectomy remains curative approach in 97%...

CA19-9 (sialyl Lewis[a] antigen) was originally described as a gastrointestinal system and pancreas specific tumour marker. Immunohistochemical studies have demonstrated that CA19-9 is expressed in both differentiated and anaplastic thyroid carcinomas. Increased serum levels of CA 19-9 were reported in few patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer; however, to the best of our knowledge, there is no previous report about serum levels of CA 19-9 in differentiated thyroid cancer. S...