Endocrine Abstracts

Retrospective study of patients with metastatic/progressive pheochromocytoma (PCC) and paraganglioma (PGL) treated with (131) I MIBG in our hospital during 2015–2018 period.Methods: There are no established criteria for establishing PCC/PGL as malignant apart from de presence of metastases at diagnosis. Radionuclide therapy (131) I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) is frequently used in this patients when surgery is not possible. Indication of MIBG tre...

Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency is very common in the population, including pregnant women. There are few studies in Spain to explain their causes, so we started one in the city of Burgos, Spain (latitude 42.2° N) in April 2009 to study vitamin D status, factors that can influence and their relationship with gestational diabetes. We present preliminary data from the study on vitamin D levels.Aims: Study in pregnancy: i) vitamin levels, and ii) it...

Introduction: Pituitary adenomas are the most common cause of sellar masses from the third decade on, accounting for up to 10 percent of all intracraneal neoplasms.Objective: To review pituitary adenomas diagnosed in Burgos.Patients and methods: It was a retrospective study in which we reviewed a total of 90 pituitary adenomas detected in Burgos from 1983 to our days.Results: About 65% were macroadenomas and ...