Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Characteristic localisations of metastases of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) include local lymph nodes, the lungs and bones, while the incidence of DTC metastases onto the liver, the brain and skin is clearly lower. The localisation of metastases in other organs, including the kidneys, is very rare.Material and methods: A case of a 73–year-old patient with thyroid oxyphilic carcinoma is reported, the case being diagnosed in 199...

Introduction: An increase of thyroid iodine uptake (Tup) is one of the symptoms of thyrocyte stimulation by means of recombinant human thyrotropin (rhTSH). Low Tup, characteristic of iodine induced hyperthyroidism, creates serious problems, when 131I is considered, making this kind of treatment difficult, if not impossible.Material and methods: We report a case of a 74 years old patient, with hyperthyroidism, induced by amiodarone administrati...