Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Monomorphic epitheliotropic intestinal T-cell lymphoma (MEITL), formerly known as type II enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma, is a rare and aggressive subtype of lymphoma of the gastrointestinal track typically noted in Asian or Hispanic populations. Adrenal involvement as part of MEITL is extremely rare. Herein we present a patient of Greek origin with MEITL and bilateral adrenal metastases.Case Presentation: A 74-year-old man presente...

Introduction: Pheocromocytomas represent a rare clinical entity with an incidence of approximately 0.8 per 100 000 person-years. Due to their rarity, the characteristics of patients with pheochromocytoma have not been thoroughly investigated yet.Aim: The assessment of pre- and post-operative clinical and biochemical characteristics as well as the evaluation of imaging and histological data of patients with pheochromocytomas.Design:...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas (PCs) and paragangliomas are rare tumours occurring in about 0.6 cases per 100,000 person-years. Biochemically silent PCs with normal catecholamine levels due to lack of catecholamine secretion or subtle secretion within the established normal levels are even rarer. Up to date, biochemically silent PCs are poorly investigated.Aim: To assess the pre-, peri- and post-operative characteristics of patients with biochemically s...

Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare, aggressive tumor with poor prognosis, affecting 0.5–2 cases/106population/year.Objective: To analyse retrospectively characteristics, management and outcome of ACC patients, followed in our center between 2010–2018.Material and methods: The medical records related to diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of nine patients of 59.2±13.8 years with histological diagnosis ...

Introduction: Primary aldosteronism (PA), the most common endocrine cause of secondary hypertension, is generally underdiagnosed using current diagnostic tests.Aim: To present our 14-year experience of prospective studies on the diagnosis, prevalence and treatment of PA.Patients and methods: We studied 992 hypertensive patients and 278 age-, sex- and body mass index – matched controls (194 normotensive and 104 with essential h...