Endocrine Abstracts

Malignant pheocromocytoma is a rare and problematic disease because it is diagnosed only in the presence of metastases, with no definitive histological or cytological criteria of malignancy. It typically metastasizes to bone, liver, lung and lymph nodes.A 38-year-old woman presented for hypertension (max sBP=160 mmHg), palpitation and dyspnea, with family antecedents of mammary cancer. Clinical examination was normal with the exception of palpable adenop...

Introduction: Obesity is generally associated with a chronic state of subclinical inflammation. The assessment of the inflammatory status is routinely made by measuring circulating levels of nonspecific proinflammatory markers. Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NRL) is a new simple inflammatory marker which can be reliable in evaluating the inflammatory status occurring in morbidly obese patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between NLR as an index ...