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Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
January 2025
Department of Thyroid Surgery, Zhengzhou University First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Purpose: The transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach (TOETVA) is distinguished by its ability to leave no visible scars on the body's surface. Currently, there is still a lack of single-center large sample size analysis on the learning curve of TOETVA, especially for the treatment of thyroid cancer. This study aims to fill this void by presenting a comprehensive analysis of the learning curve and assessing the procedure's feasibility in managing thyroid cancer.
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January 2025
Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China.
Background And Purpose: Observational studies have indicated a high occurrence of coexistence between myasthenia gravis (MG) and autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) in clinical settings, but the causal relationship between the two conditions remains ambiguous. Therefore, this study endeavors to investigate the causal links between MG, along with its subgroups, and AITD through a Mendelian randomization (MR) approach.
Methods: Genetic instrumental variables associated with MG and AITD were selected from three major publicly available GWAS databases for MR analysis.
Rev Med Liege
January 2025
Service de Radiodiagnostic, CHU Liège, Belgique.
In the event of a prevascular mediastinal mass, knowledge of the anatomy and content of the mediastinum is an essential prerequisite to establish a differential diagnosis. The «4T» rule is applicable because it is a simple and effective mnemonic. It groups together; thyroid goiter, terrible lymphoma, teratoma and thymoma.
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January 2024
Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Thyroid hemiagenesis (THA) is a rare congenital abnormality in which one of the thyroid lobes fails to develop normally. The prevalence rates range from 0.02% to 0.
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December 2024
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Münster and University Hospital Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Thyroid nodules are common yet remain a diagnostic challenge. While ultrasound and Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data Systems (TIRADS) are accepted as standard, the use of thyroid scintigraphy in euthyroid patients is debated. The European Association of Nuclear Medicine advocates it, whereas the American Thyroid Association and European Thyroid Association do not.
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