Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hypophysitis is a rare pituitary inflammation due to primary and secondary causes. Xanthomatous hypophysitis is the rarest subtype and described with lipid-laden cystic areas, transparent cytoplasmic and lipid-laden histiocytes and foamy (xanthomatous) histiocytes. Although the etiology of xanthomatous hypophysitis is not clearly known, it has been suggested to develop as a result of autoimmune cause or inflammatory process of infiltration of cyst components from...

Introduction: Graves disease (GD) is an autoimmune disease in which thyrotropin receptor antibodies overactive the thyroid gland. Therefore, antithyroid drugs, radioactive iodine therapy, or surgical interventions are treatment options. In GD, pathology after thyroidectomy may include hypertrophy and hyperplasia in thyrocytes, mononuclear cell infiltration in the stroma, and increased blood supply. We presented a case with areas of necrosis and vasculitis due to GD in the path...