Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction’Maturity-onset diabetes of the young’ (MODY) constitutes a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous monogenic forms of diabetes, characterized by beta-cell dysfunction. It describes an autosomal dominantly inherited disorder, caused by mutations in different genes, characterized by noninsulin-dependent diabetes commonly diagnosed at a young age. Fourteen MODY subtypes have been reported, often misdiagnosed as type 1 or 2 d...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas (PCs) and paragangliomas are rare tumours occurring in about 0.6 cases per 100,000 person-years. Biochemically silent PCs with normal catecholamine levels due to lack of catecholamine secretion or subtle secretion within the established normal levels are even rarer. Up to date, biochemically silent PCs are poorly investigated.Aim: To assess the pre-, peri- and post-operative characteristics of patients with biochemically s...