The Prognostic Impact of Radioiodine Therapy in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Cancer.

Radioiodine (RAI) therapy after surgery, is an important component for the treatment of patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), the most common thyroid cancer. In this study we sought to evaluate the cancer-specific survival (CSS) impact of RAI in specific thyroid cancer subgroups. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database were used to identify patients with PTC who underwent surgery between 2000 and 2019.

Interdisciplinary Management of a Perforated Aneurysmal Arteria Lusoria: A Case Report.

 An aberrant right subclavian artery (RSA) or arteria lusoria is the most common congenital abnormality of the aortic arch with an incidence of 0.3 to 3.0%.

[Expectoration of embolization coils 15 years after embolization of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia].

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia can manifest itself with pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (pavm). A transcatheter coil embolization should be made to avoid complications and to close off relevant arteriovenous shunts. We report on a patient with expectoration of embolization coils 15 years after embolotherapy.

Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms.

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors originate from the diffuse neuroendocrine system in the pancreatic region. These tumors exhibit a rising incidence despite their rareness and due to their benign behavior a considerable prevalence. Pathogenesis of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors is characterized by common pathways of hereditary and sporadic tumors.

Current treatment options for neuroendocrine tumors.

Neuroendocrine tumors are heterogeneous in their clinical behavior and require therapies specially tailored according to staging and grading, origin and expression of peptide receptors. Somatostatin analogues act as antisecretory and antiproliferative agents. Chemotherapy is mandatory for poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas and is also effective in neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas and of the bronchial system.