Endocrine Abstracts

Malignant paraganglioma causing skull metastasis is rare. We describe a 49-year-old male who gives a history of a mass on the vertex of the scalp, noticed a year before presentation and which grew rapidly from 1 cm to 5 cm. His past medical history is significant for hypertension (treated with Amlodipine), and back pain and headache on a regular basis. On MRI the mass measured 5.7 cm craniocaudal, by 7 cm AP and 6.9 cm transverse. Additionally, multiple additional focal areas ...

Phaeochromocytomas show a positive correlation between tumour size, metanephrines level and symptoms. Small tumours (<1 cm) are usually asymptomatic and are picked up through hereditary screening or surveillance of previous tumours. We present a 72-year-old gentleman who was referred to the Endocrinology service with symptoms of palpitations, sweating, dizziness and hypertension for several years. He was investigated for palpitations but no cardiac arrhythmias were present...