Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To retrospectively evaluate the results of the pheochromocytoma surgery in our institution assessing the surgical complications, perioperative hemodynamic instability and oncologic outcomes.Methods: The medical records of patients admitted for pathologically confirmed pheochromocytoma between 2000 and 2015 were reviewed. Patients with paragangliomas were excluded.Results: We identified 40 patients with 43 resected pheoch...

Background: Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most frequent type of well-differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC) and frequently poses a management dilemma. Its indolent behavior associated with high long term survival support the trend towards a more conservative management approach. The authors present a case of isolated bone metastases as the form of presentation of papillary thyroid carcinoma. A 61-year-old man was admitted with complaints of lower back pain for the previo...