Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare and aggressive tumour. At diagnosis 21% has metastasis. Even after complete surgical removal, patients are at risk of recurrence as late as 10-12 years. The 5-year survival rate of Stage I to IV (ENSAT 2008) is 82%, 61%, 50% and 13% respectively.Objetive: To describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics, as well as the evolution, treatments and overall survival of patients diagnosed with ...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivy of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the detection of pathological parathyroid gland in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism in comparison to the 99m-MIBI-SPECT scintigraphy.Methods: 29 patients consecutive (22 female, 7 male) with biochemically confirmed primary hyperparathyroidism, who underwent preoperative imaging with Technetium 99m-MIBI-SPECT scintigraphy and CEUS and subsequent...

Introduction: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common cause of secondary hypertension. Guidelines recommend a confirmatory test in the majority of suspected cases: oral sodium loading, saline infusion test (SIT), captopril challenge test (CCT), or fludrocortisone suppression test. The SIT and CCT are most commonly used in clinical practice to study autonomous aldosterone secretion.Objectives and Methods: We compared the CCT’s diagnosis perform...