Jeffrey R. Garber
Olga Karapanou, Marinella Tzanela, Marietta Christoforaki, Lida Papastathopoulou, Paraskevi Moutsatsou, Efi Botoula, Stylianos Tsagarakis
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the therapeutic trends and long-term outcome of treatment modalities for acromegaly in our center over a 40-year period. Design: We retrospectively studied 321 acromegalic patients (145 males/176 females) diagnosed and treated from the 1970s until September 2013 …
Luca Foppiani, Vincenzo Secondo, Anselmo Arlandini, Paolo Quilici, Manlio Cabria, Patrizia Del Monte
Thyroid lymphoma is a rare disease which occurs mainly in elderly females. Most patients with thyroid lymphoma have Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis (CLT), suggesting a role of chronic antigen stimulation in the development of the disease. We present two cases of thyroid Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) diagnosed after surgery …
Rafael Denadai, Luίs Ricardo Martinhão Souto
We read with interest the review article by Ibrahim and Fadeyibi and have the following comments regarding the evaluation of lesions in ectopic thyroid. Although the authors point out that fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is important when malignancy is suspected …