Endocrine Abstracts

Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that occur in different organs and give rise to tumours including carcinoids, pancreatic tumours (PNETs), pituitary adenomas, medullary thyroid carcinoma, and phaeochromocytomas. NETs usually occur as isolated non-familial tumours, but can also occur as hereditary and syndromic disorders, such as multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN types 1–4), Von Hippel Lindau (VHL) and phaeochromocytoma/paraganglioma. Pa...

Computed Tomography (CT) constitutes the basic technique for imaging of adrenal tumours and neuroendocrine tumours (NETs). The major work-load in adrenal imaging is characterisation of adrenal incidentalomas, i.e. adrenal tumours diagnosed on imaging performed for other reasons than adrenal disease. Myelolipomas, which have a typical appearance with areas of macroscopic fat, and simple cysts are easy to characterize and require no follow-up. Morphologically benign adrenal tumo...

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