Endocrine Abstracts

Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are rare but life threatening tumors secreting catecholamines. They could be either sporadic or inherited. Either isolated or integrated in genetic syndromes such as Von Hippel Lindau (VHL) (OMIM193300) which is an autosomal dominant disorder resulting from germline mutations in the VHL gene.Observation: We report a 42-year-old man operated at 8 years old for bilateral pheochromocytoma revealed by adrenergic symptoms ...

Introduction: Primary thyroid lymphomas (PTL) are rare tumors, accounting for 2.5% of all non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas and fewer than 2% of all malignant thyroid tumors. Primary thyroid’s Burkitt lymphoma represents a very unusual type of PTL. Only very few cases of primary thyroid’s Burkitt lymphoma have been reported during pregnancy.Observation: We present a 30 years old female patient who developed a rapidly enlarging painless neck mass. Th...