Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Due to improvements in diagnosis capabilities, there has been a recent increase in adrenal tumors, that are incidentally discovered in patients, who underwent examination by sonography (S), computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) The aim of this study was to define the usefulness of contrast-enhanced three-dimensional sonography in the diagnosis of nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas.Patients and methods<p class="a...

Background: A number of studies have evaluated the association between prolactin (PRL) and breast cancer risk, but some results have been inconsistent.The aim of this study was to investigate, if the circadian rhythm of PRL was maintained in pre- and post-menopausal patients with breast cancer and if there is a correlation between serum PRL level, serum concentration of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), tumor staging and expression of estrogen, proges...