The Association between Lymphocytic Thyroiditis and Papillary Thyroid Cancer Harboring Mutant : A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and lymphocytic thyroiditis (LT) co-occur with a prevalence of about 30%. PTC harboring (PTC-) confers a worse prognosis, but it is unclear if LT alters prognostic features and recurrence of PTC. We compared the prevalence of PTC- with and without LT.

PD-L1 expression in papillary thyroid cancer with and without lymphocytic thyroiditis: a cross sectional study.

The impact of concurrent autoimmune thyroid disease on the tumour microenvironment and disease progression in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is not well understood. Studies evaluating the programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) tumour expression in PTC have shown variable results, and the effect of lymphocytic thyroiditis (LT) on tumour PD-L1 expression has not been adequately assessed. The main aim of this study was to determine expression of PD-L1 in PTC with and without LT.

A case of Klinefelter syndrome with hypersexual desire.

Unlabelled: Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is a chromosomal disorder affecting males, with the typical karyotype of 47,XXY due to a supernumerary X chromosome, which causes progressive testicular failure resulting in androgen deficiency and infertility. Despite it being the most common sex chromosomal disorder, its diagnosis is easily missed. In addition to its classical clinical features of tall stature, gynaecomastia, small testes, and symptoms and signs of hypogonadism including infertility, KS is also often associated with neurocognitive, behavioural and psychiatric disorders.

Vitamin D status and its predictive factors in pregnancy in 2 Australian populations.

Background: High prevalence rates of suboptimal vitamin D levels have been observed in women who are not considered 'at risk'. The effect of behavioural factors such as sun exposure, attire, sunscreen use and vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D levels in pregnancy is unknown.

Aim: To determine prevalence and predictive factors of suboptimal vitamin D levels in 2 antenatal clinics in Australia--Campbelltown, NSW and Canberra, ACT.