Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Conventional systemic therapies have limited role in metastasized neuroendocrine tumors (NET). Therefore an increasing role is attributed to 177Lu labeled somatostatin analogues (SA).Case: Man, 52 years, referred because of NET, diagnosed following liver biopsy for hepatic nodules (liver tissue infiltrated by NET, compatible with metastases). Endoscopic ultrasound revealed pancreatic nodular formation, 40×24 mm; 99</sup...

Most differential diagnoses of unilateral adrenal lesions include non-functional adenoma, adrenocortical carcinoma or pheochromocytoma. Primary adrenal lymphoma(PAL) is an extremely uncommon type of primary extranodal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma(<1%). Most cases are bilateral (~75%), being unilateral PAL scarcely reported. The apparent unilateral involvement of this entity at presentation, in the CT scan/MRI may difficult the diagnosis, delaying the start of chemotherapy. ...