ESPE Abstracts

Background: Hyalinizing trabecular tumour is a rare, begin thyroid neoplasm, which shares some histologic features with thyroid papillary carcinoma or medullary carcinoma. Sometimes it is misdiagnosed as papillary carcinoma on fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). The aetiology of hyalinizing trabecular tumour is unknown. The tumour may arise in a background of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, multinodular goitre, or after radiation exposure. Hyalinizing trabecular adenoma (...

Background: Elastography is non-invasive ultrasound method of imaging based on estimation of mechanical properties (elasticity) of the tissue. Recent data has shown its ability to differentiate benign from malignant tumours. Decreased flexibility in comparison to around tissue is characteristic for malignant tissues, like most thyroid carcinoma (except follicular thyroid carcinoma). Analysis of the image gives the result presented as a ROI1/ROI2 index.Ob...