Most mammals including humans, dogs, and cats have 2 pairs of parathyroid glands (4 glands in total). Rats only have 1 pair of parathyroid glands (2 glands in total). #CheckYourCalcium #PAM2024 AACE ParaTroupers Endocrine Society

Are you getting enough calcium? Here is an easy-to-use online calculator: buff.ly/3E8nz2o. If you have primary hyperparathyroidism, ask your doctor about supplements. #CheckYourCalcium #PAM2024 AACE ParaTroupers Endocrine Society

Join SSO and @theAASE for a virtual tumor board, discussing medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, and primary hyperparathyroidism in MEN2 patients. This live webinar is ideal for practicing surgeons and trainees! Register now: ow.ly/klWt50SCmnK

This week is the 5th Annual #pheo #para Awareness Week - Unlocking Mysteries of the Pheo Para-Verse. American Association of Endocrine Surgeons is helping Pheo Para Alliance raise awareness for this rare #neuroendocrine #cancer. Learn about the week's events at buff.ly/3AqVSnv #PheoParaPhearless

Pheochromocytoma ("pheos") secrete catecholamines which cause “spells” of high BP, headache, heart racing, sweating, and/or anxiety. These symptoms can be difficult to diagnose with such a rare disease. Pheo Para Alliance #PheoParaPhorever #PheoParaPhearless

What is paraganglioma? Learn more during Pheo Para Alliance 5th Annual Awareness week. #PheoParaPhearless #ABCsofPPGL #PheoPara2024 buff.ly/3X6NRgC

Join American Association of Endocrine Surgeons and Pheo Para Alliance for an expert panel Wednesday 8/28 during 5th Annual Pheo Para Awareness Week to Unlock the Mysteries of the Pheo Para-Verse! #PheoParaPhearless Jennifer Rosen Iuliana D Bobanga, MD Aditya Shirali Irina Bancos #DrNeilPatel #DrPaulGraham

Submit an abstract for the 45th Annual Meeting of the AAES! Join us in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from May 17 to May 19, 2025, for an event filled with cutting-edge insights, collaboration, and innovation in endocrine surgery. buff.ly/3TaQsUj

In honor of thyroid cancer awareness month be on the lookout for our daily educational posts on both American Association of Endocrine Surgeons X and Facebook pages. American Thyroid Association ThyCa Inc. @TheEndo AACE #CheckYourNeck #EmpowerYourLife #ThyCa #ThyroidCancer #THYCAM2024

Be on the lookout for #ThyCaConf24 annual conference for thyroid cancer patients and survivors. Register at thyca.org American Association of Endocrine Surgeons American Thyroid Association ThyCa Inc. @TheEndo AACE #CheckYourNeck #EmpowerYourLife #ThyCa #ThyroidCancer #THYCAM2024

Thyroid nodules are common! About 50% of people >60 years old have nodules, but 90% of them are benign. American Association of Endocrine Surgeons American Thyroid Association ThyCa Inc. @TheEndo AACE #CheckYourNeck #EmpowerYourLife #ThyCa #ThyroidCancer #THYCAM2024

Ultrasound is the best way to evaluate #thyroid nodules. Some need fine-needle aspiration biopsy, or FNA, an office-based biopsy done with a small needle. American Thyroid Association ThyCa Inc. @TheEndo AACE #CheckYourNeck #EmpowerYourLife #ThyCa #ThyroidCancer #THYCAM2024

Meet the next A5 executive chair, Dr Mouhammed Habra, who is starting a two year term. Excited to see what the next two years bring. Thank you to Dr Lauren Fishbein Lauren Fishbein for serving in the role for the last two years. #adrenal #collaboration #research

Thyroid biopsy results may be benign, cancer, or indeterminate. The Bethesda classification system helps you and your doctor understand how to plan treatment. American Thyroid Association ThyCa Inc. @TheEndo AACE #CheckYourNeck #EmpowerYourLife #ThyCa #ThyroidCancer #THYCAM2024

Nodules are more likely thyroid cancer when there is family history of thyroid cancer, female gender, and radiation to the neck. Hard and growing nodules are more suspicious. American Thyroid Association ThyCa Inc. @TheEndo AACE #CheckYourNeck #ThyCa #ThyroidCancer #THYCAM2024

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Got this at International Society of Surgery (ISS/SIC) Highly recommend. American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Australian & New Zealand Endocrine Surgeons

There are four main types of thyroid cancer. Papillary thyroid cancer is the most common type and least likely to spread. American Thyroid Association ThyCa Inc. @TheEndo AACE #CheckYourNeck #ThyCa #ThyroidCancer #THYCAM2024

Although a cancer diagnosis of any kind can be scary, papillary and follicular thyroid cancer have a good prognosis, with a very high long-term survival rate (over 90%). American Thyroid Association ThyCa Inc. @TheEndo AACE #CheckYourNeck #ThyCa #ThyroidCancer #THYCAM2024

High-volume thyroid surgeons have fewer complications during thyroid surgery. Find a surgeon at buff.ly/4cON3Se American Thyroid Association ThyCa Inc. @TheEndo AACE #CheckYourNeck #ThyCa #ThyroidCancer #THYCAM2024