Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0011p524 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2006

Characteristics and follow up of thyroid cancer in patients with hyperthyroidism

Boudina M , Pazaitou-Panayiotou K , Chrisoulidou A , Drimonitis A , Kaprara A , Georgiou E , Vainas I

Thyroid cancer in patients with hyperthyroidism is considered to be a rare event and its course seems to be more aggressive in patients with GravesÂ’ disease. The coexistence of medullary thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism is very rare and there are only 14 cases reported in the literature.The aim of this retrospective study is to assess the clinical and histological characteristics and the evolution of thyroid cancer in patients with different types...

ea0081p753 | Thyroid | ECE2022

Somatostatin analog therapy in advanced sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma: a case report

Dumitriu Roxana , Cristiana Calin , Florentina Burcea Iulia , Dumitrascu Anda , Poiana Catalina

Introduction: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is an aggressive neuroendocrine tumor derived from C cells that is responsible for approximately 5% of the gland malignancies, most of them occuring sporadically. Lymph node metastasis may occur early in disease pathogenesis and is one of the most important negative prognostic factor. Surgery is the only curative therapy while other chemotherapeutic options are limited. Neuroendocrine differentiated C cells may express somatostat...