Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Parathyroid adenoma is the most common cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. Effective preoperative imaging and localizing the parathyroid adenoma is a prerequisite for the surgical treatment. 99mTc-MIBI scintigraphy in combination with ultrasound of the neck are the imaging modalities of choice before parathyroidectomy. However, both have limitations in terms of their efficacy in localizing the adenomas; 11C-Methionine or 18F-Fluorocholine PET/CT has ...

Introduction: We present a rare case of 49-year-old patient with neurofibromatosis type I and somatostatin-secreting pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm. World literature describes about 30 cases of duodenal somatostatinoma in NFI1 and 1/3 of these cases with metastases to the lymph nodes or liver.Case report: In October 2013 patient was operated in emergency due to gastrointestinal tract obstruction. During the procedure inoperable head of pancreas tumou...

Introduction: Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are rare heterogenous tumors which prevalence is increasing. Functional pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (p-NENs) develop characteristic clinical syndromes in contrast to non-functional tumors that are diagnosed accidentally or at an advanced stage due to the lack of sensitive and specific biomarkers that could predict their clinical course.Aim: This study aimed to assess tumor markers (TMs) in patients wi...