Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Calcitriol-mediated hypercalcemia is one of the most common paraneoplastic syndromes associated with lymphoma.Aim: Evaluate clinical and biochemical manifestations as well on the management of hypercalcemia in patients with lymphoma.Materials and methods: Prospective analysis of patients with lymphoma who developed hypercalcemia during September-2011 and January-2016.Results: Two hundred and six...

Introduction: Malignant pheochromocytoma (MPheo) is diagnosed by the presence of invasion of adjacent structures or distant metastasis. Predictive factors of malignancy for pheochromocytoma (Pheo) are not well known.Material and methods: We retrospectively analyzed clinical, biochemical, radiological characteristics as predictors for malignancy in patients with Pheo in two Spanish tertiary hospitals during the past 35 years. We also evaluated time of rec...

Introduction: In vitro and animal studies have suggested that changes in the secretion of ghrelin, PYY, GLP-1, GLP-2 can influence bone metabolism. An increase in osteoblastic differentiation has been observed after the administration of ghrelin and GLP-1. GLP-2 has been associated with a decrease in bone resorption and PYY inversely with markers of bone formation.Objective: To analyze the association of gastrointestinal hormones with changes in...