Thyroidectomy for differentiated carcinoma in older patients on a short stay basis.

Background: Total thyroidectomy is the treatment of choice for thyroid cancer and for selected benign thyroid conditions. The aging of the general population and the improvements in surgical technique induced an extension of the surgical indications to major thyroid surgery to older patients also on a short stay basis.

Methods: From January 2004 to December 2006, 152 patients affected by thyroid carcinoma underwent total thyroidectomy on a short stay basis.

Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy in differentiated thyroid cancer: a 1-year follow-up.

Background: There are few reports on the use of minimally invasive video assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) technique in the treatment of differentiated thyroid carcinoma.

Materials And Methods: From January 2007 to September 2007, we treated 227 patients for benign or malignant diseases with a total thyroidectomy. We have selected 68 cases consecutively treated for thyroid carcinoma with a total thyroidectomy.

A rare case of thyroid haemangiosarcoma.

The incidence of haemangiosarcoma in the literature is variable especially in the Alpine region and in Austria, ranging from 2 to 10% of all thyroid neoplastic lesions. This thyroid disease is characterised by positive endothelial markers (CD 31, CD 34 and FVIII), and co-positive markers for cytokeratins, epithelial membrane antigen and a loss of thyroglobulin can sometimes be found. Immunochemistry does not help the physician to classify the neoplasia as a variant of anaplastic carcinoma or sarcoma of endothelial origin.

Preliminary experience in minimally invasive videoassisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT).

Background: We report our initial experience in the treatment of thyroid disease with Minimally Invasive Videoassisted Technique (MIVAT) introduced by Miccoli.

Methods: We have treated from July to September 2005, 5 patients, with MIVAT. The procedure is carried out through an incision of 15-20 mm 2 cm on sternal notch and the thyroidectomy is performed by dedicated instruments.

The utility of serum PTH assessment 24 hours after total thyroidectomy.

Background: Hypocalcemia is the most frequent complication following total thyroidectomy. This prospective study examines the predictive value of parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels measured 24 hours after surgery.

Material And Methods: A total of 1006 consecutive patients (mean age, 54.

[Hashimoto's thyroiditis and medullary carcinoma in the same gland: a purely random occurrence?].

In this paper the authors describe the case of 64-year-old woman who had been suffering from poorly defined thyroid disease for 30 years and Hashimoto's thyroiditis for 3 years, with recent detection of high serum calcitonin and CEA. Her family history was negative for endocrinological diseases and her general medical history was not significant for any diseases, except for mild hypertension. There were no pathological findings at physical examination.