Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Radioiodine is used for the treatment of Thyrotoxicosis when medical treatment (anti-thyroid drugs) has failed or cannot be tolerated and surgical treatment is not an option. We aimed to assess our compliance with the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) guidelines for Radioiodine treatment, and assess patient satisfaction with our Radioiodine service.Methods: Notes for patients who received Radioiodine treatment between January 2010 and April...

Introduction: Amyloid goitre is a rare cause of thyroid enlargement, especially as a reason of fast growth. Here we present unusual case of idiopathic AA-amyloidosis as a cause of rapidly growing goitre.Clinical case: Patient 36-year-old presented with complaints of shortness of breath and deglutitive problems during 2 months. His medical history was notable for nephrotic syndrome due to AA-amyloid nephropathy and chronic hepatitis C that were diagnosed ...

The diseases of a thyroid gland belong to the most frequent pathology which is met among people. The prevalence and structure of pathology of a thyroid gland, first of all, depends from the level of a iodine status in the population. The first time the assessment of an iodine status in St Petersburg was carried out in 1999 by the staff of faculty therapy of Saint-Petersburg State Medical University named after academician I.P Pavlov. The median urinary iodine ...