Cytological view of medullary cancer

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE V
3. Contents VII
4. IMMUNOLOGY
5. Polyendocrine autoimmunity in thyroid disease 1
6. The effect of anti-microsomal antibodies on thyroid peroxidase activity 8
7. Antithyroid antibodies in the synovial fluid in thyroiditis 18
8. Immunological and genetical aspects in T ₃- predominant Graves' disease 23
9. Unexpected course in immunological pattern in Graves' Basedov's disease - Marine-Lenhart Syndrome? 32
10. Comparative investigations of sonography and TRAK - follow up of Graves' disease 38
11. Guanyl nucleotide regulatory proteins and GTPase activity in normal and hyperthyroid human thyroid tissue and human polymorphonuclear granulocytes 46
12. PERIPHERAL THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM
13. Peripheral thyroid hormone metabolism 54
14. Value of the estimation of peripheral serum T₃ and rT₃ for prognosis assessment in patients with liver cirrhosis - a prospective study 73
15. Thyroid hormones and TSH in acute myocardial infarction 83
16. Deiodination of thyroxine and reverse triiodothyronine in cells of human adipose tissue 89
17. Comparison of natural killer activity vith thyroid function in Graves' disease 96
18. The influence of the calcium antagonist nitrendipine on thyroid hormone status in the baboon 101
19. Effect of thyroid hormones on lipoprotein (a) level in hypothyroidism 111
20. THYROIDITIS
21. Thyrotoxicosis due to thyroiditis 118
22. Thyroiditis - a histopathological reviev 127
23. Clinical and cytological classification of lymphocytic thyroiditis 134
24. The role of ultrasound investigation in the diagnosis and treatment of thyroiditis 142
25. Subacute thyroiditis de Quervain in male subjects 145
26. Thyroid function in postpartum thyroiditis and its follov up 152
27. Riedel's thyroiditis - positive therapeutic response to glucocorticoids 161
28. Management of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis in children and adolescents 165
29. Thyroiditis and thyroid hyperfunction 172
30. Clinical and laboratory evaluations of patients with different types of thyroiditis 177
31. Hashimoto-thyroiditis vith long-term negative auto-antibody determination: a case report 184
32. Combination of Hashimoto- and de Quervain thyroiditis 193
33. Occurrence of goitre and diffuse lymphoid thyroiditis (DLT) in secondary school adolescents in Bratislava 205
34. Spontaneous course of Graves' Basedow's disease into hypothyroidism (case report) 210
35. MEDULLARY CANCER
36. Epidemiology, clinical syndrome, follow up, and prognostic factors in medullary carcinoma 216
37. Neue Entwicklungen in der chirurgischen Therapie des Sipple-Syndroms: die Kompartment-orientierte systematische Mikrodissektion der Lymphknoten beim medullären Schilddrüsenkarzinom 228
38. Medullary cancer in histopathological view 241
39. Cytological view of medullary cancer 246
40. Imaging techniques in detection and follow up of MTC 253
41. Positive scintigraphy in medullary thyroid cancer 265
42. I-131-uptake in medullary thyroid carcinoma 272
43. Our experiences with medullary carcinoma and MEN-syndrome 280
44. Possibilities and limitations of tumor-scintigraphy for follow up of medullary thyroid cancer 291
45. Thyroid cancer - differentiated and medullary: the aftercare system 302
46. Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid - own experience 309
47. Prevalence of medullary thyroid cancer in the endemic goiter area 316
48. Family screening in medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) 324
49. Results of therapy in patients with medullary carcinoma of thyroid gland (Poster) 330
50. The place of ultrasonography in the evaluation of medullary thyroid cancer 333
51. Medullary thyroid carcinoma - results of some diagnostic procedures used at our institute 337
52. FREE PAPERS
53. Tumor markers in thyroid diseases 345
54. Effects of Propranolol enantiomers in hyperthyroidism (Poster) 354
55. Thyroglobulin pattern in hyperthyroidism factitia (Case report) 355
56. Parameters of bone-metabolism in patients with hyperthyrosis (Poster) 360
57. PARATHYROID
58. Clinical experience in parathyroid carcinoma 362
59. Unusual course of primary hyperparathyroidism 370
60. Long-term results operated hyperparathyroidism 373
61. Diagnostik problems of primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) - own experiences 380
62. X-ray-morphologic and radiomorphometric results in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (Poster) 389
63. Authors' Index 391
64. Index 395