Endocrine Abstracts

BackgroundIn Liguria, a region of north-western Italy, the Albanian population is currently estimated to be around 20 000, constituting 15% of foreign citizens living in this area; approximately 50% of these Albanians reside in the Genoa district.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all the outpatients of the Endocrine Unit of San Martino Polyclinic Hospital from 2002 to 2019. Data on sub...

Objective: The prevalence of Thyroid-Cancer (TC) has increased worldwide and an association with metabolic and cardio-vascular disorders has been reported. Nevertheless, an increasing percentage of patients are currently diagnosed incidentally through non-thyroid related imaging for other clinical conditions. Our aim was to assess the prevalence of Thyroid-Related (TD) vs Incidental (ID) reason leading to TC diagnosis and to compare the two groups in terms of clinical...

Objective: Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an emerging non-surgical treatment for benign thyroid nodules (BTN). Despite its proven safety profile, data on the learning curve (LC) required to achieve proficiency are still lacking.Materials and methods: The first 179 RFA procedures performed by a single operator in patients with non-functioning BTN were retrospectively analyzed. Six-month nodule volume reduction rate (VRR) ≥ 50% was regarded as refl...