Evolution in the management of thyroid surgery over a period of 15 years in a Belgian center.

Background: Guidelines for thyroid surgery have evolved to reflect advances in medical knowledge and decrease the overdiagnosis of low-risk thyroid cancer. Our goal was to analyze the change made in operative thyroid management and the impact on thyroid cancer diagnosis.

Background: Guidelines for thyroid surgery have evolved to reflect advances in medical knowledge and decrease overdiagnosis of low risk thyroid cancer.

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Refractory Hyperthyroidism.

Introduction: Hyperthyroid patients who are unresponsive to medical treatment remain a challenging clinical problem.

Objective: The goal of our study was to evaluate the use of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in hyperthyroid patients and their outcome after TPE.

Method: We retrospectively reviewed 22 patients who underwent TPE for refractory thyrotoxicosis in our institution: 13 with Graves' disease, 7 with amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT), 1 with toxic goiter, and 1 pregnant patient with familial nonautoimmune thyrotoxicosis.

Impact of age on survival in radioiodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer patients.

Objective: The objectives of our study were to analyze the influence of age on the survival of patients with RAIR-DTC and to determine their prognostic factors according to age.

Methods: This single-center, retrospective study enrolled 155 patients diagnosed with RAIR-DTC. The primary end point was overall survival (OS) according to different cutoff (45, 55, 65, 75 years).

Screening of a Large Cohort of Asymptomatic SDHx Mutation Carriers in Routine Practice.

Context: When an SDHx mutation is identified in a patient with a pheochromocytoma (PCC) or a paraganglioma (PGL), predictive genetic testing can detect mutation carriers that would benefit from screening protocols.

Objective: To define the tumor detection rate in a large cohort of asymptomatic SDHX mutation carriers.

Design And Setting: Retrospective multicentric study in 6 referral centers.

Solitary Breast Metastasis From Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma Revealed on Whole-Body Radioactive 131I Scan.

Breast metastasis from thyroid papillary carcinoma is an exceptional situation. Here, we present the diagnostic approach and the management of a 19-year-old woman with single breast metastasis from thyroid carcinoma. There was no extra thyroidal extension, neoplastic emboli, or lymph node invasion.