Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) is currently the primary diagnostic procedure in diagnosing thyroid malignancy. The aim of this study was to report our experience with FNA, and its accuracy.Materials and methods: Retrospective analysis of 166 patients who were operated of thyroid nodule in our hospital from 2003 to 2008, all of them had a previous FNA cytology results. There were evaluated some clinical variables and the correlation with final h...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus secondary to exocrine pancreas diseases (pancreatogenic DM) has an unknown incidence and is considered underdiagnosed. Our objective was to evaluate the glycemic control parameters in patients with pancreatogenic DM who started Flash glucose monitoring (FGM).Methods: Prospective, observational study in a Spanish hospital. Patients with pancreatogenic DM who started FGM from January 2021 to August 2022 were recruited. Patie...

Introduction: The most common pituitary adenoma is a prolactinoma.The most relevant clinical manifestations are amenorrhoea galactorrhoea infertility gonadal and sexual dysfunction. Macroprolactinoma are more often in men because they had more difficulty for asking the sintomatology. Initial treatment of macroadenoma wasinitiated with a dopamine agonist with control of PRL concentration and size of tumorClinical case: A 52-year-old manpresented ...

Background: Measurement of thyroglobulin (Tg) in the washout fluid of fine-needle aspirates (FNA-Tg) is useful for diagnosis of Cevical lymph node (CLN) metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between FNA-Tg levels and Sonographic findings in CLN in patients with PTC.Methods: Since January 2017 until December 2018, an ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration ...

Objective: To evaluate the impact of a decision support system (DSS) based on artificial intelligence (AI) -KoiosDS- on ultrasound (US) image analysis and risk stratification in thyroid nodules. Material and methods Retrospective US study of all thyroid nodules with histologic (AP) result from June 2020 to December 2021. Diagnostic performance of US with ACR-TIRADS, by four endocrinologists and DSS, before and after the use of AI was evaluated.Results: A...

Objective: To evaluate the impact of a decision support system (DSS) based on artificial intelligence (AI) -KoiosDS- on ultrasound (US) image analysis and risk stratification in thyroid nodules.Material and methods: Retrospective US study of all thyroid nodules with histologic (AP) result from June 2020 to December 2021. Diagnostic performance of US with ACR-TIRADS, by six endocrinologists and DSS, before and after the use of AI was evaluated.<p clas...

Introduction: Thyroid cancer is the most frequent malignant endocrine neoplasia. Its incidence has significantly risen worldwide in the last decades.Objective: To estimate the incidence of thyroid cancer in Valladolid’s east area population, Spain, over the period 2002–2016.Methods: A retrospective descriptive research was performed in the Clinical Universitary Hospital of Valladolid (HCUVa). Clinical data was obtained fr...

Introduction: In recent years, numerous studies on the relationship between the TSH of the first trimester of pregnancy and obstetric complications have been published, and in this context it has been recommended to treat with levothyroxine from certain values of TSH. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of obstetric and neonatal complications in pregnancies with normal TSH (0.14 to 2.49 mcU/ml) as a basis for assessing complications in pregnancies with TSH bet...