Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Thyroid nodules diagnosed as Bethesda category IV (follicular neoplasm/suspicious for follicular neoplasm (FN/SFN)) are recommended for surgery. However, only 25% of these nodules turn to be malignant on histopathology. Therefore, selection of nodules for surgery diagnosed as Bethesda category IV is important. We aimed at to define the predictive factors for malignancy and predictive risk indices for selection of surgery.Method: The records o...

Introduction: Parathyroid adenomas are rarely large in size. Here, we present a giant cystic parathyroid adenoma presented with pancytopenia.Case report: Twenty two years old female presented with fatigue, bone pain, polyuria, a lump in the neck and pancytopenia. She had a pulsatile mass on the right side of the neck which compressed her trachea. She was evaluated by Hematology since her Hb was 4.7 g/dl, WBC was 2200 u/l platelet count was: 69 000 u/l. B...