Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Usually, the hormonal profile is normal in patients with empty sella. However, when present, hormonal deficiency most commonly consist in growth disturbance in children and mild hyperprolactinaemia in adults. Hypopititarism with signs of symptomatic dysfunction occurs in <10% of patient with primary empty sella.Case report: A 27-years-old man presented to our department in 2008 with impuberism, micropenis, hypoplasic scrotum, inguinal g...

Introduction: Malignant pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs) are rare, and knowledge of the natural history is limited. Material Methods: Data of 7 (7.6%) (out of 109) patients with malignant PPGLs referred to a Tertiary Centre of Endocrinology from Bucharest, Romania, were retrospectively collected. Follow-up ranged from 2004 to 2022. Demographic data, genetic status, site and size of primary tumor, biochemical activity, metastasis time (synchro...