Endocrine Abstracts

PurposeTo describe the role of imaging in diagnosis and detection of complications of necrotising external otitis in diabetic patients.Material and methodsOur retrospective study included 43 diabetic patients who suffered from necrotising external otitis, from 1992 to 2020. All our patients had CT scan of the temporal bones and the brain. MRI was performed in 4 cases.Results<p class...

IntroductionAssociation between diabetes mellitus and cancer outcomes has been demonstrated in several cancer sites. Data for upper aerodigestive tract carcinoma are limited. Our aim is to study the impact of diabetes mellitus on survival in upper aerodigestive tract squamous cell carcinoma.Material and methodsA retrospective study of 130 patients treated for upper aerodigestive tract squamous cell carcinoma,...

IntroductionThyroid nodules are common. They are mostly benign nodules. Thyroid cancer is rare: 1 % of all cancer sites. Thyroid differentiated cancers are the most common histologic types. There are several factors that can predict the malignancy in patients with thyroid nodule. The purpose of this study is to identify the predictive factors of thyroid differentiated cancers.Material and methodsThis retrospe...

IntroductionGraves’ disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in children and adolescents. Treatment strategy includes antithyroid drugs, radioactive iodine and thyroidectomy. The optimal treatment of Graves´ disease is still controversial. Our aim is to describe the surgical treatment of Graves’s disease in children and adolescents.Material and methodsWe report the clinical, therapeu...

IntroductionParathyroid surgery is indicated essentially in primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism. This surgery may present some difficulties even in experienced hands. Our aim is to describe the difficulties that can occur during parathyroid surgery.Material and methodsA retrospective study including 81 cases of hyperparathyroidism, operated between 2001 and 2018.Results<p clas...

ObjectiveThe study’s purpose is to describe the therapeutic management of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma.Material and methodsThis is a retrospective study including 55 cases of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma treated at our department, from 2000 to 2020.ResultsOur study included 8 men and 47 women. The mean age was 48.64 years with extreme ages from 24 to ...

Introduction: Parathyroid cysts (PCs) are uncommon lesions. They represent less than 0.5% of parathyroid lesions. Cysts are divided into two groups, functional and non-functional, in relation to their hormonal characteristics. Non-functioning ones make up 80 – 90% of PCs.We discussed three cases of non-functioning parathyroid cysts that we surgically excised.Methods: We report 3 cases of non-functioning PCs treated in our department.<p class="ab...

Introduction: In 80–90% of cases, the cause of sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism is adenoma of one parathyroid gland. Multiple-gland disease (MGD) is defined in patients with more than one pathological parathyroid gland. The frequency of occurrence of MGD is from 7% to 33%.Our aim is to report a case of primary hyperparathyroidism with MGD and to describe its diagnostic and therapeutic features.Case Report: A 55-year-old man presented with 1-year...

Introduction: Intraoperative management of thyroid gland in laryngeal cancer is controversial. In fact, there is no uniform consensus about the need for thyroid surgery in laryngeal cancer.Objective: Determine the incidence of thyroid gland invasion in patients undergoing surgery for laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.Methods: A retrospective study including 62 cases of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma who underwent a total larynge...

Introduction: Primary mucinous carcinoma of the thyroid gland is extremely rare. To the best of our knowledge, only nine cases have been reported in the literature. Our aim is to report a case of primary mucinous carcinoma of the thyroid gland and to describe its diagnostic and prognostic features.Case Report: A 55-year-old man referred to our department for a 2-month history of an anterior neck mass associated with dysphagia. Physical exam showed a 4-cm...