Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Pheochromocytoma is an uncommon tumor. Non-classical forms can make diagnosis difficult and delay correct management strategies.Case report: A 20-years old caucasian male presented to the emergency room with unproductive cough, fever and tiredness for 7 days. He was eupneic, afebrile, BP 176/115 mmHg, 104 bpm with inspiratory crepitations in the left lung base. Leucocyte–14.1×109/l (N 70%); platelets – 659×10<...

Introduction: Several recent studies have reported an increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer during the last decades. The delineation between low-risk and high-risk tumor size is not well defined. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the primary tumor size of differentiated thyroid cancer and clinicopathologic data.Methods: We have analysed all records of all patients submitted to thyroidectomy at our hospital between 2...

Introduction: Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. Initial complete surgical resection is crucial. Recurrence is common and primary cause of mortality is severe hypercalcemia.Clinical case: In 2006, a 51 years old male presented with multiple bone pain, anorexia and weight loss, calcium 11.7 mg/dl, PTH 189 pg/ml. Eight years before a diagnosis of atypical parathyroid adenoma was made after left inferior parathyroidectomy ...

Introduction: Acromegaly is a rare disorder and sporadic cases are the most frequent. It can also occur in association with genetic syndromes, such as Carney complex, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1), MEN-1 like syndrome, isolated familial acromegaly and familial isolated pituitary adenomas.Case report: Thirty five -year-old man was observed in 1994 for gynecomastia. Acromegaly was diagnosed based on clinical, biochemical (IGF1 1094.7 ng/ml, b...