Endocrine Abstracts

Patient DE, a 49-year-old woman, was operated in 2005 for two giant-cell tumours of the mandible, and in 2008 for another tumour with the same localisation and histology. Inferior cervical ultrasound after the second surgery revealed a parathyroid adenoma of 20×27×15 mm behind the lower pole of the right thyroid lobe, confirmed by Tc tetrofosmin scintigraphy. The patient had metabolic features suggestive for primary hyperparathyroidism: calcium – 10.9 mg/dl (nor...

Introduction: Postpartum thyroiditis is an autoimmune process that occurs in 5% of the women, precipitated by immunological rebound. The majority off signet-ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) tumors arise from the stomach, colon and breast, malignant transformation of a bronchogenic cysts being exceptionally.Aim: We present a case of a rare mediastinal SRCC of the mediastinum, diagnosed initially with a postpartum thyroiditis.Case presenta...

Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare tumoral entity related to parafollicular C cells of the thyroid gland, characterized by peculiar morphological, functional and evolutional features. The aim of this study was to characterize the cases of medullary carcinoma diagnosed in a university hospital in a 5 years interval (January 1999–December 2003) and to evaluate the diagnostic methods. In this time interval, from a total of 171 thyroid malignancy, 12 (7%) were medull...