Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Succinate dehydrogenase B (SDHB) associated disease has been characterised by the presence of extra-adrenal paragangliomas with a high rate of metastatic transformation. There is currently no consensus as to the appropriate surveillance regimes for these subjects. We present the surveillance data from a single UK institution with an SDHB surveillance regime which includes annual MR imaging of the abdomen, biennial imaging of the neck, thorax and pelvis and annual u...

Introduction: Bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture tendency are influenced by diet, activity, drugs, and hormones. Recent studies highlight an inverse relationship between serotonin and BMD, of uncertain mechanism.Purpose: We investigated the relationship between serotonin metabolites and BMD in patients with sporadic neuroendocrine tumours (NETs), with and without the carcinoid syndrome.Materials and methods: One-year prospecti...

Primary aldosteronism (PA) is an important cause of hypertension which confers significant cardiometabolic risk. In approximately half of cases, the cause is a surgically resectable unilateral aldosterone-producing adrenal adenoma, making PA the most common potentially curable form of hypertension. Despite this, long-term data on surgical outcomes that could be used to guide discussions with patients are sparse. Here, we report on clinical outcomes several years post-adrenalec...

Objective: To review the diagnostic features and localization accuracy of different investigations for insulinomas diagnosed 1990–2009 at a single tertiary referral centre.Design: A cross-sectional, restrospective analysis, including sporadic tumours and those in multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes.Methods: Case notes and investigation results were reviewed from patients with biochemically or histologically-proven insulinom...