Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To know characteristics of patients older than 80 years with thyroid disease.Patients and methods: Prospective 6-month study in which we analyze characteristics of patients that have been treated and followed for thyroid disease in endocrinology consult.Results: Hundred and fifteen patients were analyzed of them, 23 men and 92 women, with 83.78±2.12 years-old. Comorbidities. Arterial hypertension 53%, previous neopl...

Introduction: In the last years, has produced an increment in diagnosis of thyroid cancer. Incidental thyroid carcinoma is defined as a tumour diagnosed after surgery for benign lesions.Aim. The objective of this study was to assess the clinical presentation, tumour characteristics and follow-up.Patients and methods: We analysed clinicopathologic data of incidentally thyroid carcinoma from 351 thyroid surgeries carry out in our hos...