Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Primary thyroid lymphoma is rare and accounts for less than 5% of all thyroid malignancies. The risk is almost 60 times higher in those with thyroiditis and is more common in females, with a ratio of 4:1. The most frequent local symptom is a rapidly enlarging thyroid gland along with the resultant obstructive symptoms. Fine needle aspiration is the initial diagnostic procedure for thyroid tissue sampling. The main differential diagnosis is anaplastic thyroid carc...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas are adrenomedullary catecholamine-secreting tumors. These account for <0.1% of all causes of hypertension and may be related to potentially fatal hypertensive crises. Can appear as sporadic tumors or associated with familial syndromes.Malignancy occurs in 15–20% of the cases and is characterized by local invasion or distant metastasis rather than capsular invasion. Tumor recurrence has been reported with a frequen...