Main description:

This issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Richard Auchus, Adina Turcu, Alan D. Waxman, and Barry D. Pressman, is devoted to Biochemical and Imaging Diagnostics in Endocrinology. Articles in this issue include Mass spectrometry applicability in endocrine testing; Point-of-care endocrine testing; Thyroid, Bone; NET; Predictors of fertility; Thyroid ultrasound imaging and needle biopsy; Pituitary imaging; Adrenal imaging; Pancreatic imaging; Diagnosis and management of thyroid disorders; Neuroendocrine Tumors, and Parathyroid Imaging.

Contents:

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics

Biochemical and Imaging Diagnostics in Endocrinology

Foreword: Latest Innovations in Biochemical and Imaging Diagnostics

in Endocrinology

Preface: The Current Status and Evolution of Hormone Testing in the Digital Age

Role of Mass Spectrometry in Clinical Endocrinology

Point-of-Care Endocrine Diagnostics

Biochemical Testing in Thyroid Disorders

Biochemical Testing Relevant to Bone

Biochemical Testing in Neuroendocrine Tumors

Biochemical and Imaging Diagnostics in Endocrinology: Predictors of Fertility

Thyroid Cancer: Ultrasound Imaging and Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy

Pituitary Imaging

Adrenal Imaging

Pancreatic Imaging

Selected Controversies of Radioiodine Imaging and Therapy in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumors: Indications, Interpretations, Limits, and Pitfalls