Endocrine Abstracts

BackgroundMultiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN 1) is a genetic syndrome caused by inactivating mutations of the menin gene, which predisposes to the development of endocrine tumors. The causative mutations, clinical manifestations, and age of tumor development are highly variable. The objective of this study is to describe the characteristics of patients with MEN1 in our hospital.Material and methodsWe pe...

Introduction: Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage (BAH) is a rare clinical condition (estimated incidence between 0.14% –1.8%, according to postmortem studies) and life-threatening due to the development of adrenal crisis, after the destruction of 90% of each adrenal gland. A mortality rate of 15% has been reported despite treatment, but it depends on the severity of the underlying condition, reaching 90% in cases of sepsis, or even higher if it is not diagnosed quickly enough....

Introduction: The clinical presentation of ectopic Cushing’s syndrome secondary to pheochromocytoma differs from the classic manifestations of these endocrinopathies separately. This cosecretion causes greater morbidity, requiring a complex preoperative preparation. We describe two clinical cases, a 46-year-old male with grade II overweight and a 65-year-old female with grade I obesity, both with a personal history of hypertension poorly controlled with 7 and 3 antihypert...