Endocrine Abstracts

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) represent the second most common malignancy of the small bowel (SB) and despite their indolent nature, NET liver metastasis (NETLMs) will develop in 50 to 60% of patients. Although there have been recent advances in the therapeutic armamentarium in patients with advanced NETs, surgical resection remains the only potentially curative intervention for patients with NETLMs. However, patients whose liver has been significantly invaded by the tumour (mo...

Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) adenomas causing Cushing’s disease (CD) have been recognized as an aggressive and invasive subtype of pituitary adenomas. Remission of CD without surgical or medical treatment is an extremely rare occurrence. Moreover, a clinically relevant peculiarity of these tumors, though rarely observed, is their ability to modify their clinical expression from a silent form to CD or vice versa, the latter even more unexpected. We describe the case ...