Endocrine Abstracts

Pituitary carcinomas are rare but represent a particular challenge to clinical practice. We report a case of pituitary carcinoma with metastatic disease in a separate non-contiguous foci within the central nervous system. A 64 year old man presented with a large non-functioning pituitary adenoma manifesting as headache, third pair of cranial nerves paralysis, panhypopituitarism and impaired visual acuity in 1996.The tumour was grossly removed through a right pterional cranioto...

Objective: To evaluate continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) in type 1 diabetes using the analysis of epidemiological variables, treatment indications, metabolic results, acute and chronic complications and causes for therapy suspension.Methods: A retrospective descriptive study of patients with type 1 diabetes treated with CSII therapy in our institution.Results: A total of 49 type 1 diabetic patients who had been treate...

Introduction: According to the latest recommendations, monitoring protocol for adrenal incidentalomas includes: hormonal determinations annually for 4 years and imaging at 6, 12 and 24 months. The objectives of this study are: i) to define the clinical features, natural history and clinical management of adrenal incidentaloma in our area, ii) to evaluate the performance of the current monitoring protocol.Methods: Retrospective study including patients di...