Characterization of adrenal lesions using MDCT wash-out parameters: diagnostic accuracy of several combinations of intermediate and delayed phases.

Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of wash-out parameters calculated using multiple intermediate and delayed phases.

Materials And Methods: This prospective study had institutional review board approval and informed consent was obtained from all patients. Between January 2012 and October 2016, 108 consecutive oncologic patients (59 males, 49 females, mean age 52.

Is the incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer increased in patients with thyrotropin-secreting adenomas? Report of three cases from a large consecutive series.

Background: Patients with a thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenoma (TSHoma) are exposed to unregulated and inappropriately high levels of thyrotropin (TSH). Given the rarity of this condition, it is not known whether this chronic TSH stimulation of the thyroid gland might represent a risk factor for the development of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). We analyzed the incidence of DTC in a large cohort of patients with TSHomas.

Sunitinib therapy in metastatic papillary thyroid cancer.

We present the case of a 51-year-old woman with a follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. After surgery she experienced a relapse. Chemotherapy treatment led only to disease stabilization.

Serum thyroglobulin reference values according to NACB criteria in healthy subjects with normal thyroid ultrasound.

Background: The present study was undertaken to establish serum thyroglobulin (Tg) normal reference values in a large group of healthy subjects.

Methods: Four hundred and thirty-eight non-smoking healthy subjects were selected to assess the Tg reference values (209 males, 229 non-pregnant females, age 34.7±13.

Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia revealed by chondrocalcinosis.

Background: Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease (CPPD-CDD) has been associated to hypercalcemia. Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH) is a rare but important consideration in the differential diagnosis of hypercalcemia. This autosomal dominantly inherited condition is characterized by elevated plasma calcium levels, relative or absolute hypocalciuria, and normal to moderately elevated plasma PTH level.