Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Paraganglioma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor from extra-adrenal chromaffin cells of the sympathetic paravertebral ganglia of thorax, abdomen, and pelvis. About 15–20% of chromaffin-cell tumors are paragangliomas. In most cases paragangliomas produce catecholamines in large concentrations and the lack of treatment can lead to cardiovascular and cerebral catastrophes. That is why early diagnosis of this tumor is so important and, consequently, knowledge of its d...

Introduction: Thyrotoxicosis syndrome is a clinical syndrome, associated with the negative effect of strong thyroid hormone excess on the organism. In most cases women with thyrotoxicosis syndrome in postpartum period have postpartum thyroiditis, caused by reactivation of the immune system after gestational suppression. However sometimes Graves disease can manifest during the postpartum period, this condition also results in thyrotoxicosis syndrome and requires radical thyroid...