Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose: To analyze CT signs and parameters of vascularization of pulmonary neuroendocrine tumours (PNT) and their relationship with the development of ACTH ectopic syndrome.Materials and methods: 23 patients with PNT were evaluated with contrast-enhanced MDCT. Arterial and venous phases were obtained at 10 and 35 seconds after the attenuation of 200 HU at the descending aorta, a delayed phase was at 6–8 min after the start of injection of contrast...

Background: Acromegaly is a neuroendocrine disease that occurs with slowly progressive symptoms, which leads to delayed diagnosis and the development of complications. Arthropathy is one of such complications, which is accompanied by severe pain and significantly worsens the quality of life. The main attention of researchers is devoted to the pathology of the hip, knee and hand joints. At the same time, the study of the shoulder, acromioclavicular, costovertebral joints in acr...

Introduction: Statistical data show that in the etiological structure of ACTH-ectopic syndrome pheochromocytoma occupies one of the last places in terms of frequency of occurrence (from 2.8 to 5.6%) Its manifestations such as adrenal mass with ACTH-dependent hypercortisolism lead to significant difficulties in establishing the correct diagnosis.Clinical Case: A patient with clinical manifestations of hypercortisolism underwent laboratory testing in Octob...

Cardiovascular complications including arrhythmias and cardiac conduction disorders (ACCDs) are leading risk factors for high mortality rate in acromegaly. ACCDs are the main cause of sudden cardiac death in patients with acromegaly. These disorders are detected in up to 40% of patients. Different pathogenetic mechanisms contribute to the development of concentric biventricular myocardium hypertrophy which leads to electrophysiological myocardium feature changes. The goal of t...