Endocrine Abstracts

Background: von Hipple-Lindau (VHL) disease comprises hemangioblastomas, renal cell carcinomas (RCC), pheochromocytomas, and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNET). Diagnosis is based International (two hemangioblastomas, one hemangioblastoma and one visceral lesion, or VHL family history and hemangioblastoma or visceral lesion) or Danish criteria (any two clinical manifestations, one clinical manifestation and family background of VHL or self-genetic diagnosis). The nature o...

Background: Extreme hypercalcemia is an endocrine emergency. Given parathyroid hormone (PTH)-dependent cause, carcinoma should be suspected as a possible etiology. The prevalence of parathyroid carcinoma among patients presenting with extreme hypercalcemia is not well elucidated.Aim: Establish proportion of patients with parathyroid carcinoma among those presenting with severe hypercalcemia and compare clinical and laboratory features between benign and ...