Association of synchronous medullary and papillary thyroid carcinomas with primary hyperparathyroidism: first case report and literature review.

Objective: We report a case of a patient with symptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism who was found, through a thorough radiological investigation, to also have papillary and medullary thyroid carcinomas.

Case Report: A 59-year-old female was diagnosed with primary hyperparathyroidism. A further radiological investigation found suspicious areas within both thyroid lobes that were later diagnosed as foci of papillary and medullary thyroid carcinomas.

Mycobacterium malmoense: dissemination causes a popliteal aneurysm in a 74-year-old man.

Mycobacterium malmoense is recognised as an environmental pathogen predominantly affecting populations in Northern Europe. In immuno-competent individuals, isolated pulmonary disease remains the commonest presentation. The authors report a rare case describing a mycotic popliteal aneurysm caused by M malmoense in a 74-year-old man from Hastings, UK with co-existing pulmonary M malmoense disease.

A new autosomal recessive syndrome of ocular colobomas, ichthyosis, brain malformations and endocrine abnormalities in an inbred Emirati family.

We report on an inbred Emirati family of Baluchi origin with ocular colobomas, ichthyosis, and endocrine abnormalities associated with midline brain malformations and mental retardation. All affected children had ocular colobomas, developmental delay and midline brain malformations. Hypoplastic pituitary gland was present in all three investigated children.

Thyroid carcinoma in the United Arab Emirates: perspectives and experience of a tertiary care hospital.

Background: Although the distribution of thyroid carcinoma in the Arab Gulf States has been described, no previous study has examined the characteristic clinicopathologic features of thyroid carcinoma cases in the United Arab Emirates.

Methods: The medical records of 135 patients with thyroid carcinoma diagnosed over a 15-year period (1991-2005) at Tawam Hospital, the national referral oncology center in the UAE, were retrospectively studied and the cases classified according to the histologic classification of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Results: Seventy-eight patients (58%) were diagnosed before the age of 45 years with an overall peak incidence in the fourth and fifth decades.