Endocrine Abstracts

The incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer gradually increased in the last few decades. Primery thyroid cancer is usually located in the thyroid gland and can be classified into well differentiated and poorly differentiated forms. Sooner or later, these cancers metastatize into local lymphnodes or distant organs.We present the histories of two patients with anusual forms of thyroid cancer.A woman of 64 was admitted in our depar...

Insulinomas are predominantly benign pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors presenting with hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. Patients with significant hypoglycemic episodes can pose a management challenge. Based on the extent and the aggressiveness of the disease patients may be offered different treatment regimens. Although surgical resection is currently the standard treatment for pancreatic insulinoma, alternative treatment options, such as endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle ...

Second malignant neoplasm following irradiation is a rare sequelae of primary childhood malignancies. Irradiation is a well-known risk factor for the development of benign and malignant thyroid tumors. Here we present the case of a young woman with medulloblastoma, who later developed thyroid cancer and eventually was also diagnosed with a cholangiocarcinoma.At the age of 7 the patient presented with headaches, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, somnolence and d...