Endocrine Abstracts

Multiple endocrine neoplasia 2A (MEN2A), an autosomal dominant genetic syndrome caused by germline mutation in RET proto-oncogene, associates medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), pheochromocytoma (PHEO) and primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT). Thyroid hemiagenesis (TH), the absence of one lobe, is a rare congenital abnormality (300 cases are reported in literature). Most cases of TH are diagnosed when patients present a lesion in the functioning lobe. TH was observed among members...

Primary adrenal non-Hodgkin lymphoma (PANHL) is extremely rare and constitutes <1% of all NHLs and 3% of extranodal lymphoma. PANHL affects predominantly elderly and males and could arises in the presence of a preexisting autoimmune adrenalitis. Diffuse large lymphomas of B-cell origin (DLBCL) histology is reported in 70% of PANHL cases.The present case is a primary, bilateral DLBCL of adrenal in 75-year-old male patient admitted for abdominal pain, ...