Benign and malignant thyroid nodules with autoimmune thyroiditis.

Objective: The prevalence of autoimmune thyroiditis (AT) in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is still controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of coexistence of PTC with AT versus that of the coexistence of benign nodules with AT.

Materials And Methods: This was a cross-sectional retrospective study including patients operated on for thyroid nodules from January 2011, to April 2021.

Taller-than-wide Thyroid Nodules With Microcalcifications Are at High Risk of Malignancy.

Background/aim: Previous studies have shown that there may be a diversity in the ultrasonographic (US) features discriminating a malignant from a benign thyroid nodule. We determined the reliability of the specific nodule shape in combination with other US features in predicting thyroid carcinomas.

Patients And Methods: This was a retrospective single-center study investigating the association of the morphological characteristics of nodular goiters from preoperative US and color Doppler images with malignancy based on pathology.

Metabolic and hormonal effects of antenatal betamethasone after 35 weeks of gestation.

Background: Antenatal corticosteroid therapy recently has been considered for term and near-term infants, in addition to preterm infants, delivered by elective cesarean section, with the aim of preventing an adverse respiratory outcome.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate hormonal and metabolic effects of antenatal betamethasone when administered to term fetuses.

Methods: Cord blood levels of cortisol, C-peptide, insulin-like growth factor I and its binding protein 3, and 5 more analytes including glucose were measured in singleton newborns of over 35 weeks of gestational age.

Cytokines and insulin resistance after zoledronic acid-induced acute phase response.

Zoledronic acid is known to induce a transient acute phase response (APR). The aim of the study was to investigate whether an APR caused by zoledronic acid administration can induce insulin resistance in post-menopausal osteoporotic women and the potential involvement of different inflammatory markers, cytokines and adipokines to this response. Insulin resistance was calculated by the homeostasis model assessment (HOMA-IR).