Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: There are many side effects caused by mitotane and several are registered at drug levels lower than therapeutical doses.Aim: We observed the mitotane side effects in patients treated for adrenal cancer.Materials and methods: This is a retrospective study in adrenal tumors.Results: Out of 56 patients included in a database with adrenal tumors, we found eight patients (14.25%) with adrenal cancer ...

Introduction: 17th European Congress of Endocrinology 2015. The skeleton health is reflected by the turnover markers as serum CrossLaps (CL=bone resorption), and serum osteocalcin (OC=bone formation), and by the calcium metabolism parameters (as ionic blood calcium, and, probably, by the 24-h urinary calcium=24-h ca). The peripheral serotonin might have intra-normal levels in patients with osteoporosis but yet represents a part of the complex equation related to the bone homeo...

Introduction: The management of a thyroid nodule in a patient who is newly diagnosed with an active cancer depends not only of the thyroid disease its self but also of the prognosis of the second neoplasia.Aim: We present a case of a male who was admitted to an endocrinologist for a thyroid nodule evaluation.Case presentation: B.C., 66-year-old male patient, smoker from the last 17 years, was treated with thyamazol for hyperthyroid...