Endocrine Abstracts

Adrenal lymphangioma is a rare benign tumors of the adrenal gland. Because of the increased use of imaging methods in recent times, the diagnosis is usually made incidentally. It is usually due to malformation between the lymphatic and the venous system. Those with small indiameters are generally asymptomatic and can be evacuated by needlea spiration. However, surgery is recommended for cysts over 6 cm in diameter due to risk of infection, bleeding, compression of neighboring ...

Acromegaly affects 4–6 people in a million and hypophyseal GH releasing adenoma is the most common cause of the disease. It shows its effects on GH and IGF1. Since they grow rapidly, they are usually diagnosed at the stage of macroadenomas. Heart failure, arthritis, OSAS and DM may develop during course of the disease. Although the most common accompanying malignancy is colon cancer, the incidence of malign melanoma, breast, thyroid, gastric and lung cancers is also incre...

Aim: ATA guideline recommends complementary thyroidectomy after thyroid lobectomy in case of tumor diameter>1 cm, in the presence of metastatic tumor, invasion, history of radiation therapy, familial history of thyroid cancer, multifocal or agressive variant tumor. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between the necessity of complementary thyroidectomy and post-surgery clinical, radiologic and histopathologic results in the patients who underwent complemen...

Ectopic thyroid tissue is the localization of thyroid tissue at any place other than the normal localization of the thyroid during the migration of embryonic period. Concurrent normal thyroid tissue may accompany. It usually is seen in women and in the midline. Very rarely thyroid carcinoma can develop. Treatment is like normal thyroid carcinomas, suggesting simultaneous thyroidectomy if accompanied by normal thyroid tissue. A 42-year-old female patient presented with complain...