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Alopecia is a dermatological disorder characterized by hair loss from the scalp or body.1–3 It is one of the most common dermatological disorders worldwide and has several aetiologies, such as hereditary background, hormonal imbalance, infection or idiopathic causes.1,3,4 Alopecia can ...

Pituitary adenomas are benign tumours that arise from the adenohypophysis. They are the second most frequent intracranial tumour type after meningiomas, and account for 16.2% of all primary cranial neoplasms.1 Though likely an underestimate, the incidence of pituitary adenomas is approximately ...

Welcome to the latest edition of US Endocrinology, which includes a wide range of topical articles covering several areas of endocrinology, as well as being relevant to the broader biomedical community. We begin with three editorials on the increasingly important ...

Thyroid disease has commonly been associated with hair loss, predominantly manifesting as diffuse thinning of the scalp and the lateral eyebrows. This can be of particular concern to patients, and may motivate some to seek medical evaluation. Indeed, thyroid disease ...

Case presentation A 26-year-old woman with differentiated papillary thyroid carcinoma received 192 mCi of radioiodine 131 (I-131) under recombinant thyroidstimulating hormone (TSH) treatment for persistent upper mediastinal metastasis. Radioiodine whole-body scintigraphy (WBS) was performed nine days later and showed targeting of the ...