Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland is a rare cancer, and metastatic (M1) disease is uncommon, occurring in around 10% of cases, with ectopic paraneoplastic Cushing being described in only few cases.Clinical case: A 58-year-old woman, with a history of dedifferentiated parotid acinar cell carcinoma, underwent surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy in 2005. In February 2019 the disease recurred with pulmonary, bone and lymph node metastases....

Objectives: Most transgender persons (0.3-0.5% of total population) are under gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT). Several studies have reported an increased morbimortality due to cardiovascular events (CVE), infectious disease and suicide. However, these studies were made on small populations and short follow up. We evaluated the changes on anthropometric variables, risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and CVE at 5 and 10 years of follow up in a transgender popu...