INTERNAL MEDICINE

Course objectives

Diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines for thyroid surgical pathologies with case reports: classification, symptoms, diagnostic procedures and patterns, medical treatment surgical and post-surgycal treatment. Elaborate the study of pancreatic tumors, with the aim of learning to understand the premonitory clinical signs for an early diagnosis. Identify a therapeutic-diagnostic algorithm. Define surgical indications and contraindications. Illustrate the surgical times of the main pancreatic resections. Clinical cases presentation in order to define the diagnostic work up and treatment of primary and secondary tumors of the liver using particularly multidisciplinary approach. Tumors of the stomach using the same method stated above. On the basis of clinical cases assessment of the patient candidate for liver and kidney transplantation. Kidney and liver transplantation recommendations. Surgical techniques

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Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
The thyroid: Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Nontoxic goiter, Thyroiditis, Thyroid cancer Patathyroid: primnary and secondary Hyperparathyroidism
Prerequisites
principles of thyroid and parathyroid physiology and anatomy
Books
- Sabiston Jr, Textbook of Surgery - Italian consensus for the classification and reporting of thyroid cytology. Nardi F, et al. J Endocrinol Invest. 2014. PMID: 24789536 - Italian consensus on diagnosis and treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer: joint statements of six Italian societies.Pacini F, Basolo F, Bellantone R, Boni G, Cannizzaro MA, De Palma M, Durante C, Elisei R, Fadda G, Frasoldati A, Fugazzola L, Guglielmi R, Lombardi CP, Miccoli P, Papini E, Pellegriti G, Pezzullo L, Pontecorvi A, Salvatori M, Seregni E, Vitti P.J Endocrinol Invest. 2018 Jul;41(7):849-876. doi: 10.1007/s40618-018-0884-2. Epub 2018 May 4. PMID: 29729004 - The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Guidelines for the Definitive Surgical Management of Thyroid Disease in Adults.Patel KN, Yip L, Lubitz CC, Grubbs EG, Miller BS, Shen W, Angelos P, Chen H, Doherty GM, Fahey TJ 3rd, Kebebew E, Livolsi VA, Perrier ND, Sipos JA, Sosa JA, Steward D, Tufano RP, McHenry CR, Carty SE.Ann Surg. 2020 Mar;271(3):e21-e93. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003580. PMID: 32079830 - Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Literature Review and Current Management; Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes; Rodrigo Arrangoiz*, Fernando Cordera, David Caba, Eduardo Moreno, Enrique Luque de-Leon, Manuel Muñoz
Frequency
The student must attend at least 75% of the lectures
NICOLA DI LORENZO Lecturers' profile
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseMedicine and Surgery
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year6th year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDMED/18
  • CFU3