Endocrine Abstracts

We report the case of a 55 years old female patient with parallel appearance of mucoepidermoid carcinoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma. She had autoimmune adrenal insufficiency and a pulmonary adenocarcinoma cured by lobectomy and external irradiation six years before. She had been referred to our department because of a rapidly growing thyroid nodule. Aspiration cytology suspected papillary tumor and a tumor of non-thyroid origin as well. Thyroidectomy and bilateral neck ly...

Familial isolated pituitary adenoma (FIPA) occurs if two or more members of a family develop pituitary adenoma with no features of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 or Carney complex. FIPA is an autosomal dominant disease with incomplete penetrance. FIPA families can be divided into two distinct groups based on genetic and phenotypic features. In 20% of FIPA families mutations have been identified in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein (AIP) gene. The AIP-posit...