Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Epidemiological and clinical studies have proven direct correlations between chronic stress, inflammation and cancer progression. The inflammatory environment preexisting the malignant change and elevated IGF-1 levels are associated with higher cancer risk, especially through GH effects on cell proliferation and inhibition of apoptosis.Aim: To evaluate the relationship between biological and hormonal stress markers, growth factors and breas...

Introduction: Bilateral adrenal incidentalomas represent a challenge both in diagnosis and therapeutic approaches. While initial testing is similar to unilateral adrenal incidentalomas, additional investigations should be made considering the differences between the distribution of etiologies.Case report: We report the case of a 67 years old hypertensive female, presenting with backpain; an initial abdominal ultrasound described left adrenal mass and a l...