Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Paragangliomas are rare tumors originated from extraadrenals chromaffin cells. Most are sporadic, but between 30% and 50% are associated with hereditary syndromes. Mutations in the succinate gene dehydrogenase (SDH) have been identified as a cause of the hereditary paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma syndrome.Material and methods: Descriptive study of case series of patients belonging to the Southern Health Area of Seville with mutations in the ...

Objective: Evaluate the prevalence of adrenal insufficiency (AI) in Southern Province of Seville that comprises around 400.000 people.Materials and methods: Retrospective descriptive study that includes patients diagnosed with primary (PAI) and secondary (SAI) adrenal insufficiency that are followed up at Virgen de Valme University Hospital.Results: Out of the 125 patients with AI, 51 patients (40,8%) had PAI and 74 patients had SA...

Introduction: The diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration (FNA) in case of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) has been less studied than in other thyroid cancers. The complementary measurement of calcitonin in the needle washout fluid after FNA (FNA-Ct) could improve the usefulness of this technique.Materials and Methods: Description of two cases of patients with thyroid nodules suspicious for MTC in whom FNA-Ct was measured as a complementary diagnost...