Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Co secreting Thyrotropin/growth hormone pituitary adenomas are rare, and their clinical presentation and long term management may be challenging. Clinically, the majority of plurihormonal pituitary adenomas are silent and diagnosis almost always relies on immunohistochemical analysis of the tumor tissue. Early detection is key to optimize patient mamagement. We report a case of pituitary plurihormonal macroadenoma with overt clinical hyperthyroidism and minimal GH ...

Introduction: Glucagonoma is an extremely rare PNET which presenting symptoms can be varied but the most common include necrolytic migratory erythema, diabetes, diarrhea and weight loss. Treatment involves a multidisciplinary approach, as most of them are large and present with metastasis at diagnosis, and would need nutritional support, an expert management of pancreatic exocrine insuffiency and diabetes. The different therapeutic options could potentially also cause nutritio...