Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is an inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland causing transient thyrotoxicosis, characterized by neck pain and symptoms of thyroid hormones excess. Viral infections are considered the main trigger of SAT. SAT has also been described after vaccination against H1 N1 vaccine, seasonal influenza virus vaccine, Human Papillomavirus vaccine, and hepatitis B vaccination; more recently, a rising number of cases of SAT following SARS-CoV-2 vac...

Pheochromocytoma is a rare catecholamine-secreting tumour arising from chromaffin cells in the adrenal medulla and one of the main causes of endocrine hypertension. We here report the case of a 48-year old man admitted to the Internal Medicine Department for evaluation of resistant hypertension. The patient presented with headache, sweating, palpitations, pitting edema, hypertension and hypokalemia both resistant to conventional polytherapy. He was therefore investigated for e...