Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Dyshormonogenetic goiter (DG) is considered as a form of thyroid hyperplasia due to enzymatic defects in hormone synthesis. The architectural polymorphism and cellular atypia may mimic thyroid neoplasms and cause difficulties in differential diagnosis.Results: We report 3 cases of DG occurring in one females and two males who were aged 20, 9, and 7 years old, respictively. All patients presented with clinically evidence of goiter. Hypothyro...

Introduction: Metastases of thyroid tumors are rare. Metastatic sites are in order of frequency : pulmonary, bone and brain. Facial bones metastases are exceptional. These metastases are more frequent in vesicular than papillary carcinoma histological. The aim of our work is to describe the clinical and radiological aspects as well as the therapeutic modalities.Observation 1 and 2: A 38-year-old woman and 13-year-old boy consulted for a chronic cough wit...