Endocrinología

Statins Decrease the Risk of Orbitopathy in Newly Diagnosed Patients with Graves Disease

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 106, Issue 5, May 2021, Pages 1325–1332, https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgab070

Published: 09 February 2021

 

Abstract

Context/objective

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of statins and other lipid-lowering agents on the development of Graves orbitopathy (GO) in patients with newly diagnosed Graves disease (GD).

Methods

18F-Fluorocholine Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Is a Highly Sensitive but Poorly Specific Tool for Identifying Malignancy in Thyroid Nodules with Indeterminate Cytology: The Chocolate Study

Published Online:23 Dec 2020

https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2020.0555

 

Abstract

Background: Refining the risk of malignancy in patients presenting with thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology (IC) is a critical challenge. We investigated the performances of 18F-fluorocholine (FCH) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) to predict malignancy.