Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNET) are rare with an incidence of 3–4/1000,000. These tumors are non functional in 70–80% of the cases. The vast majority of them are differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma. Distant metastasis detected frequently at the onset of diagnosis. Liver and lymph node metastases are the most frequent localizations. Cerebral, skeletal and pulmonary are not infrequent. Primary and metastatic small cell carcinomas with NE diffe...

Introduction: Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) contributes to increased morbidity and mortality in patients invariably having underlying heart disease. In clinical practice, amiodarone therapy often needs to be restarted. When amiodarone is reintroduced, what happens then?Objective: The aim of study is to evaluate the progression of thyroid function after reinstitution of amiodarone in patients with a previous history of AIT. Secondarily, to deter...