Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: thyroid carcinoma is an uncommon malignancy, but it’s incidence appears to be increasing slowly (female 2–3.8/100.000 - male 1.2–2.6/100.000). This is the most common malignant endocrine tumour, represents about 1% of all malignancies. The majority of these patients females, mostly between the age of 30–60. The main differentiated histological types are papillary and follicular. The options of the treatment are surgical removal (mainly total),...

The history of a female patient is demonstrated as an example of diagnostic and therapeutical pitfalls in acromegaly. The patient was first operated on a pituitary macroadenoma at her age of 21. Prior to surgery, serum prolactin was found moderately elevated and the patient was raromenorrhoic, without galactorrhea. Soon recurrence of the tumour was trialed with bromocriptine medication, however, without any inhibitory effect on the process. The patient underwent a second neuro...