ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Brief summary: Treatment of Graves’ disease comprises anti-thyroid drugs, radioactive iodine ablation or total thyroidectomy (1,2). While definitive treatment of Graves’ disease is widely used in adults, anti-thyroid drug treatment is often used in the pediatric age group over years (1,2). The presented prospective monocenter study provides detailed information on quality of life of adolescents undergoing total thyroidectomy.Two recent studies ...

Brief Summary: This retrospective study assessed the outcome of thyroid ultrasound (US) surveillance in childhood cancer survivors (CCS) exposed to radiotherapy (RT). 306 CCS were monitored with thyroid US. Patients received TBI (45%) and/or RT to craniospinal (44%), chest (11%), and neck regions (6%). Thyroid US surveillance was started at a median interval of 9.1 years after RT; 150 patients (49%) had thyroid nodule(s); 44 patients underwent surgery, and 28 had a final diagn...