Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is an indolent tumor with low malignancy potential. However, occult synchronous cervical lymph node metastases (CLNM), which may lead to a high risk of local recurrence, are still present in 20–40% of patients. The low diagnostic efficiency (< 47%) of the neck ultrasound in central lymph node metastases detection leads to the development of alternative ways of occult CLNM prediction in patients with PTC. The objective is to...

The objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic efficiency of the HBME-1 expression test on cytological samples with Bethesda categories III, IV, and V in the differential diagnosis of thyroid nodular lesions.Materials and methods: The data of 14 patients with thyroid nodular lesions and cytological Bethesda categories III, IV, and V (" gray zone ") were analyzed. The HBME-1 expression was determined by the results of immunocytochemical (IC) and immun...

The objective was to evaluate the short-term results of the laser interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) application in the treatment of patients with nodular goiter and cytology TBSRTC IV category.Materials and methods: In 2021-2023, ultrasound-guided LITT was performed on 21 patients with nodular goiter and cytology TBSRTC IV. Laser type - GaAlAs Diode Laser (VELAS II-30F). The wavelength was 1064 nm, and the emission mode - continuous. Power at the 1st ses...