First-line Second-line (if first-line abnormal) Clinical assessment Height Weight Sitting height Body mass index (BMI) Tanner pubertal stage Bone age Endocrine biochemistry IGF-1/IGF-BP3 GH provocation test (e.g. insulin tolerance test,…
Reference, number and age of patients Headache Nausea/vomiting Papilloedema Cranial nerves palsy Ataxia/unsteadiness Cognitive dysfunctiona Decreased consciousness/coma Visual field defects Baskin and Wilson [13] n = 74 38 <18 years…
7.1 Anatomy of the Thyroid Gland The thyroid gland is located beside the trachea, just below the larynx. It has two oval lobes, one of each side of the trachea….
(1) Institute of Oncology “Prof. Ion Chiricuță”, Nuclear Medicine & Endocrine Tumors, Cluj-Napoca, Romania “The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend” Henri Bergson (Nobel prize…
(1) Institute of Oncology “Prof. Ion Chiricuță”, Nuclear Medicine & Endocrine Tumors, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Nature does nothing uselessly. Aristotle (Antique philosopher 384–322 B.C.E) 8.1 Anatomy of the Parathyroid Glands…
(1) Institute of Oncology “Prof. Ion Chiricuță”, Nuclear Medicine & Endocrine Tumors, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own…
(1) Institute of Oncology “Prof. Ion Chiricuță”, Nuclear Medicine & Endocrine Tumors, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. Albert Einstein 1.1 Principles…
(1) Institute of Oncology “Prof. Ion Chiricuță”, Nuclear Medicine & Endocrine Tumors, Cluj-Napoca, Romania “As the area of light expands, so does the perimeter of darkness” A. Einstein 10.1…
(1) Institute of Oncology “Prof. Ion Chiricuță”, Nuclear Medicine & Endocrine Tumors, Cluj-Napoca, Romania “Primum non nocere” –First do not harm—Hippocrates 6.1 Introduction The use of specific radiotracers called…
(1) Institute of Oncology “Prof. Ion Chiricuță”, Nuclear Medicine & Endocrine Tumors, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Salus populi suprema lex esto. —Health of the people should be the supreme law—Marcus Tullius…
