Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Bone mineral density (BMD) measurement is an important tool for fracture risk assessment, but should be used with awareness of its performance and analysis pitfalls.Case Presentation: A 59-year-old patient underwent her first densitometry as part of a routine medical check-up. She had no previous fractures and no risk factors that could impair bone health. The results showed that her BMD was in the range of low bone mass. Four years later, de...

Background: Medullary thyroid cancer is a rare neuroendocrine neoplasm that can secrete variety of hormones, including ACTH. Cushing syndrome due to ectopic ACTH secretion is a rare complication of medullary thyroid cancer, usually accociated with metastatic disease. Around 50 percent of patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma and ectopic Cushing syndrome die due to complications of hypercortisolism. Based on the aforementioned, efficient management of hypercortisolism is cr...