Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionAlthough most patients with COVID-19 have mild symptoms, some develop severe manifestations of the disease, leading to hospitalization and death. Previous studies reported that calcium played a central role in viral infections and replicative mechanisms of SARS-CoV. Hypocalcemia is a common finding among these patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hypocalcemia in a population of COVID-19 patients and to evaluate...

IntroductionPheochromocytomas are rare catecholamine-producing neuroendocrine tumours arising from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla or extra-adrenal sympathetic paraganglia(paragangliomas).AimTo characterise demographic, clinical, and biochemical/genetic features of a cohort of patients with pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL), assessing for differences between two-time periods over a three-decad...