Endocrine Abstracts

Thyroid carcinoma is the most common endocrine malignancy. However, the absence of prognostic markers for identified well-differentiated tumors versus undifferentiated/anaplastic or poorly differentiated enhances of the progression of recurrent forms with an unfavorable prognosis. In order to identify potential markers for thyroid cancer prognosis prediction, we analyzed by cDNA micro-array the gene expression profile of tumors of the thyroid, with different degrees of maligna...

11-deoxycorticosterone (DOC) is an aldosterone precursor synthesized from progesterone and converted to corticosterone in the adrenal cortex. DOC overproduction due to an adrenal lesion is a very rare cause of mineralocorticoid-induced hypertension. The objective of this study is to provide the most relevant clinical features that clinicians dealing with patients presenting with the hallmarks of hypertension due to DOC-producing adrenal lesions should be aware of. We report a ...