THE CLINICAL ACTIVITY SCORE IN MANAGEMENT OF GRAVES’ OPHTHALMOPATHY: CORRELATION WITH ORBITAL MR IMAGING.

Our aime was to investigate the correlation between GO ocular parameters obtained by MRI with contrast administration and the well-know clinical indicators of GO and to examine the relationship between the clinical course of hyperthyroidism and GO severity

“Sicilian Register of Thyroid Cancer”: Descriptive, clinical and of risk factors epidemiology. Preliminary data.

Neck liymph nodes in chronic autoimmune thyroiditis: the sonographic pattern.

Analisi dei meccanismi di controllo dell’apoptosi in una linea cellulare β-pancreatica resistente all’effetto delle citochine.

I picchi di flusso delle AA. Tiroidee Inferiori all’esordio del M. di Graves sono predittivi di Basso Rischio di Associata Oftalmopatia

Le tireopatie autoimmuni

The intraoperative use of the mini-gamma camera (MGC) in the surgical treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism Technical reports and immediate results from the initial experience.

The intraoperative use of the mini-gamma camera(MGC) in the surgical treatment of primary hyperpathyroidism.Technical reports and immediate results from the initial experience INTRODUCTION: The treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism consists almost exclusively in the parathyroidectomy. The preoperative imaging (ultrasonography, 99mTc sestamibi scan) can allow to localize the pathologic gland and perform minimally-invasive focused techniques, but in presence of ectopic or intrathyroidal glands, parathyroid hyperplasia or coexistent thyroid disease,the sensitivity of these imaging techniques worsens. The present study shows a new technique of preoperative scintigraphic imaging and describes…

The lacrimal gland herniation role in the Graves’ orbitopathy

To evaluate the LG involvement, through the measurement of the LG herniation by of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in patients with different GO activity

Up-regulation of c-FLIPshort and reduction of activation-induced cell death in T-cells from patients with Type 1 diabetes

AICD of T-cells is an efficient way of removing activated T-lymphocytes. In this study we investigated the molecular basis of AICD upon reactivation in peripheral T-lymphocytes from newly diagnosed T1DM patients and age-matched healthy controls. In an in vitro model system, PHA-stimulated T-cells, upon prolonged culture in IL-2, acquire a sensitive phenotype to Fas-mediated apoptosis. This phenomenon is less pronounced in T1DM T-cells. Moreover, the restimulation of activated T-cells via TCR/CD3 and/or via CD28 inhibits Fas-mediated apoptosis in T1DM in comparison to control T-cells. After Fas triggering, the generation of the active sub-units of caspase-8 is significantly reduced in T1DM T…

Systolic flow peak of inferior thyroid arteries in Graves’disease: A predictive parameter for the ophalmopathy development.

Detection of BRAFV600 mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma using real time allele-specific amplification on fine needle aspiration biopsy specimens

Hypothyroidism induced by esophageal adenocarcinoma metastates: a case report