Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Metastases in the pituitary gland are an uncommon presentation of carcinomas, lung and breast being the most common sites of the primary tumor. The most frequent clinical manifestations are diabetes insipidus, visual disturbances, cranial nerve paralysis and hypopituitarism.Case report: We report the case of a 64 years old man, smoker, with no chronic illness, with one year history of headache, and more recent asthenia, weight loss, poliuri...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a well-known risk factor for urolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis, wich are now less commonly reported due to an early detection of hypercalcemia by routine measurement of serum calcium. PHPT is most commonly caused by a single adenoma of the parathyroid gland. The incidence of multiglandular disease (MGD) range from 2.4–34%. In case of large tumor differential diagnosis is necessary to rule out malignancy.<p class="abs...