Endocrine Abstracts

Cushing syndrome due to ectopic (adrenocorticotropic hormone) ACTH secretion (EAS) constitutes approximately 10% of Cushing’s syndrome (CS). In this group only in about 5% cases pheochromocytoma is the source of ACTH.We present two patients with EAS by pheochromocytoma.1. A 70 year-old woman with 3-months history of malaise, weakness, abdominal pain, loss of weight and appetite, hypertension and diabetes mellitus. One month ea...

Introduction: We present the case of coincidence of pheochromocytoma and aderenocortical carcinoma at the same adrenal gland in patient with neurofibromatosis. That kind of tumors coincidence origin from different blastodermic layers is extremely rare.It is broadly known that pheochromocytoma is rare neoplasm, occurs in 0.1% of hypertensive individuals. Pheochromocytoma may occur sporadically or in certain familial syndromes, including multiple endocrine...

The pheochromocytoma (PH) diagnosis is often very difficult, particularly in asymptomatic or oligosymptomatic patients. Every subject with adrenal tumor should be screened for PH, although many factors may interfere with biochemical evaluation. The false positive testing for PH may result in unnecessary surgical treatment.Methods: Retrospective analysis of 45 patients after laparoscopic adrenalectomy due to suspicion of PH (based on biochemical testing) ...