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Introduction: The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the feasibility and outcome of day case thyroidectomy in an ambulatory surgery centre in Hong Kong.Methods: Patients with day case thyroidectomy carried out between July 2005 and December 2006 were retrospectively reviewed. Day surgery was offered to patients satisfying the selection criteria for day case and having from benign unilobular thyroid disease.Results: Fifty patients had hemithyroidectomy carried out during the study period.

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Thyroid Function and Structure Are Affected in Childhood Obesity.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Oct 7;
Authors: Radetti G, Kleon W, Buzi F, Crivellaro C, Pappalardo L, di Iorgi N, Maghnie M

Abstract
Background  Although mutations in the p53 suppressor gene in thyroid carcinoma have usually been detected in anaplastic carcinoma, P53 protein expression has been
detected immunohistochemically in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). In the present study, we examined the immunohistochemical
expression of P53 protein in PTC to investigate the relations between its expression and the clinicopathologic features.

Methods  The study was performed on 68 patients in whom thyroidectomy with lymph node dissection had been performed to treat PTC at

Abstract
Background  Transient hypocalcemia is one of the postoperative complications of thyroidectomy for Graves’ disease, and perioperative parathyroid
hormone (PTH) assays are used to predict postoperative hypocalcemia. We evaluated long-term changes in parathyroid function
after surgery for Graves’ disease.

Methods  Serum PTH values were measured in Graves’ patients with postoperative hypocalcemia, and those patients were followed postoperatively.

Cancer recurrence is more common in patients with multifocal micropapillary cancer who are treated with less than near total thyroidectomy compared to patients with unifocal papillary cancer who are treated with less than near total thyroidectomy, according to data presented on Oct 2, 2008 at the 79th Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) in Chicago, IL. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)  

We report a case of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic lymphoma of the thyroid gland. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case to be reported in the cytology literature. An 81-year-old male with known CLL presented for routine physical examination and was found to have a left-sided thyroid nodule. Thyroid ultrasound showed a calcified nodule. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) was performed and revealed PTC and an atypical lymphoid infiltrate that was suspicious for lymphoma.

Psammoma bodies (PBs) are believed to represent a process of dystrophic calcification over nonviable and dying tissues. Light microscopic and ultrastructural observations suggest that PB formation follows the intracellular assembly of precursor substances and their calcification leading to death of tumor cells and their release. It may also be the result of local secretion of precursor substances like collagen by tumor cells into extracellular space and their calcification.

Horm Res 2008;70:278-284 (DOI:10.1159/000157874) (Source: Hormone Research)  MedWorm Sponsored Message: Find out how you can get your message across here by sponsoring this MedWorm news feed.

The link between thyroid dysfunction and cardiovascular diseases has been recognized for more than 100 years. Although overt hypothyroidism leads to impaired cardiac function and possibly heart failure, the cardiovascular consequences of borderline low thyroid function are not clear. Establishment of a suitable animal model would be helpful. In this study, we characterized a rat model to study the relationship between cardiovascular function and graded levels of thyroid activity.

Abstract
Purpose  Surgeon inexperience has been defined as a significant predictor of deleterious outcome in thyroid surgery; however, the safety
of training programs in which residents are the primary surgeons is controversial. The objective of this prospective study
was to compare the complication rates of total thyroidectomy (TT) performed by residents with those of TT performed by specialist
surgeons in similar patient groups.