Surgery for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms (pNENs)
Fig. 10.1 Enucleation of a 1.5 cm insulinoma on the posterior surface of the pancreatic head in a adult Fig. 10.2 Enucleation of a 1.5 cm insulinoma on the anterior…
Managing the Airway in Thyroid Surgery
John C. Watkinson and David M. Scott-Coombes (eds.)Tips and Tricks in Endocrine Surgery201410.1007/978-1-4471-2146-6_25 © Springer-Verlag London 2014 25. Managing the Airway in Thyroid Surgery Scott Russell1 (1) Department of Anaethestics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK …
Revision Thyroid Surgery
Recurrent thyrotoxicosis Recurrent compressive symptoms for a MNG Completion surgery for cancer Locoregional cancer recurrence Review or change in pathological diagnosis New pathology (hyperparathyroidism) Incidence Incidence is between 5 and…
Diagnosis and Preoperative Assessment (Algorithms) for Pancreatic NETs
and Karim Meeran1 (1) Department of Endocrinology, Imperial Centre for Endocrinology, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK Karim Meeran Email: k.meeran@imperial.ac.uk Abstract PNETs arise from neuroendocrine…
Complications in Thyroid Surgery and How to Avoid Them
John C. Watkinson and David M. Scott-Coombes (eds.)Tips and Tricks in Endocrine Surgery201410.1007/978-1-4471-2146-6_22 © Springer-Verlag London 2014 22. Complications in Thyroid Surgery and How to Avoid Them M. A. Alzahrani1 and Gregory W. Randolph1 (1) Otolaryngology – Head and…
Surgery for Thyrotoxicosis
System Symptoms/signs Neurological Restless, nervous, emotional, irritable Insomnia Tremor Gastrointestinal Diarrhea Weight loss and increased appetite Reproductive Oligomenorrhea/amenorrhea Decreased libido Thyroid Goiter Cardiac Palpitations Dyspnea Chest pain Tachycardia/atrial fibrillation Dermatological…
Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
John C. Watkinson and David M. Scott-Coombes (eds.)Tips and Tricks in Endocrine Surgery201410.1007/978-1-4471-2146-6_17 © Springer-Verlag London 2014 17. Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Caroline Connolly1 and John Glaholm1 (1) Department of Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Cancer Centre, Edgbaston, Birmingham,…
Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Medullary thyroid cancer (100 %) Pheochromocytoma (50 %) Multiple neuroma of lip, tongue, and buccal mucosa (>90 %) Prominent corneal nerve fibers Ganglioneuromatosis of the GI tract (producing constipation) Marfanoid…
Management of the Indeterminate Thyroid Nodule
Royal College of Pathologists-modified BTA nomenclature US Bethesda System (BSRTC) Risk of malignancy (%) Thy1: Nondiagnostic I: Nondiagnostic 0–10 Virtually acellular specimen Other (blood, clotting artifacts, etc.) Thy1c: Nondiagnostic –…
Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
Syndrome Gene (chromosome)a,b Clinical manifestations % With PHEO % Bilateral von Hippel-Lindauc VHL (3p25-p26) PHEO, cerebellar hemangioblastoma, retinal angiomas, renal cell carcinoma, pancreatic cysts, pancreatic NETs in 5–10 % 10–20…
