Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Calcinosis cutis is a rare manifestation characterized by calcium deposits in the skin and subcutaneous tissues, mostly found in auto-immune diseases. A case of calcinosis cutis (on the vertex and the face) associated to hyperparathyroidism is presented. We discuss the etiology, diagnosis and management of this rare condition, along with a short review of the literatureCase presentation: We report a case of calcinosis cutis with primary hyper...

Objective: Next Generation Sequencing technique (NGS) allows the analysis of a whole set of genes in the same time. It is, now, used, in our laboratory for the genetic screening of neuroendocrine tumors associated with Multiple Endocrine neoplasia type 1(MEN1)The objective of the present study was to assess the efficiency of this approach and the relevance of the results regarding the current genetic screening recommendations.Methods: The data of all pat...