Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Primary adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a highly malignant but rare neoplasm. It can occur as a hormonally active or an inactive tumor. It is considered that about three-fourths of ACC cases are hormonally active, although they do not always give clinical symptoms. Mitotane (Lysodren) is registered by the FDA for the therapy of ACC, either for monotherapy or as a combined chemotherapy.Case report: A 34-year-old woman, with a histopatholog...

Herniation of the subarachnoid space into the sella turcica results in empty or partially empty sella syndrome. Primary sella turcica syndrome is idiopathic, whereas secondary empty sella is a result of central nervous system pathologies, which may manifest as visual disorders, due to optic chiasm compression or displacement. The purpose of this study was to determine whether empty and partially empty sella—either primary or secondary—are risk factors for optic chias...