Endocrine Abstracts

Von Hippel Lindau disease (VHL) induces tumors of kidneys, central nervous system, pancreas and paragangliomas We report one case where ectopic Cushing syndrome revealed VHL. A 19-year old was referred for hirsutism and spaniomenorrhea revealing an ACTH-dependent Cushing syndrome. Mineralocorticoids, calcium metabolism, chromogranine A, calcitonine, pancreatic hormones and urinary 5-HIA were normal. Blood nor- and metanephrine were 5.12 μg/l (n<5) and 0.92 &#95...

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common malignancy originating from the thyroid gland. Although occurring predominantly as a sporadic disease, it may be associated with rare inherited circumstances such as familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) FAP is an autosomal dominantly inherited cancer predisposition syndrome characterized by the progressive development of colorectal carcinoma. Most of available data report accompanying thyroid carcinoma in no more than 1&#150...

Introduction: Pheochromocytoma and most abdominal paraganglioma (PPGL) can secrete catecholamines. In vitro and in vivo, catecholamines modulate bone remodeling by stimulating bone resorption. In patients with PPGL, four studies have previously demonstrated an increase of biological markers of bone resorption, a decreased of bone density and a higher prevalence of vertebral fractures. We report two patients with malignant abdominal secreting paraganglioma pre...

Background: Everolimus is the only approved drug for patients with advanced bronchopulmonary neuroendocrine tumors (NET), and there is an urgent unmet need for alternative treatments. Retrospective data for peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) have demonstrated promising activity in somatostatin receptor (SST)-positive lung NET. This study aims to investigate the clinical efficacy, safety, and patient-reported outcomes when 177Lu-edotreotide is used to treat...