Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Ectopic Cushing Syndrome (ECS) is a rare disease associated with significant comorbidity. Among the causes of Cushing’s syndrome (CS), ACTH-producing extrahypophyseal tumours are rarely reported. The aim of our study is to describe the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic characteristics of patients with ECS treated in our Endocrinology department over a 15-year period.Methods: A cross-sectional unicentric retrospective study was desi...

Introduction: Insulinoma, despite its low incidence of 0.4%, it is the most common functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. Most are benign, solitary and sporadic. Around 10% can be malignant and 5-10% are part of MEN-1. On certain occasions, the differential diagnosis is difficult when there is a history of Diabetes Mellitus (DM). Our objective was to describe clinical-epidemiological data and its diagnostic-therapeutic management.Materials and Meth...