Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Hyperprolactinemia is a rare endocrine disorder in childhood, which may be due to various etiological factors and may present with different signs and symptoms. We aimed to evaluate the etiologic reasons, clinical features and outcome in hyperprolactinemia patients retrospectively.Method: Data from 25 patients who were followed up with hyperprolactinemia between years 2009 and 2017 were evaluated.Results: A total of 25 p...

Introduction: Feochromositoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor derived from chrommaffin cells of adrenal medulla. The most characteristic clinical symptoms are headache, perspiration, palpitation, and paroxysismal hypertension. Childhood feochromositoma is generally genetic while it is mostly sporadic in adults. Here we report three feochromositoma cases in whom two had von Hippel Lindau syndrome (VHLs).Case 1: 10 years old girl with admitted with fever. H...