Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH) is caused by inactivating autosomal dominant mutations with high penetrance of CaSP gene. Contrary to severe neonatal hyperparathyroidism, caused by homozygous inactivation of the gene, familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia is usually associated with inactivating variants in heterozygoty.Case: Male patient, 73 years, with history of Behçet’s disease and pulmonary sarcoidosis, was refered f...

Differentiated carcinoma of the thyroid (DCT) of follicular origin is the most frequent endocrine neoplasia and it usually has a good prognosis even in the disseminated disease, due to its slow growing pattern and low dissemination rate. The prevalence of metastasis described in the literature varies between 5 and more than 20%.Aims: To analyze the clinical–pathological data and their relation with survival of patients (pts) with metastatic DTC....