Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Endocrine hypertension accounts for around 3% of the secondary forms of hypertension and screening of young hypertensive patients for secondary causes is mandatory.Aim: To present difficulties in endocrine assessment of arterial hypertension in people younger than 40 years.Patients and methods: Twenty-two patients (15 M/7 F), aged 27.1±7.7 years (range:16-40 years), with systemic hypertension (systolic blood pressu...

Introduction: Diagnosis of NETs (neuroendocrine tumors) is based on clinical manifestations, peptide and amine secretion, specialized radiological and nuclear imaging, secured by detailed histology and immunohistochemistry, which should be obtained whenever possible. Biomarkers are still the mainstay in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with NETs.Case report: We present the case of a 36-year-old patient with no significant pathological personal his...