Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Bilateral adrenal incidentalomas represent a challenge both in diagnosis and therapeutic approaches. While initial testing is similar to unilateral adrenal incidentalomas, additional investigations should be made considering the differences between the distribution of etiologies.Case report: We report the case of a 67 years old hypertensive female, presenting with backpain; an initial abdominal ultrasound described left adrenal mass and a l...

Introduction: Breast cancer is, by far, the most frequent cancer among women. Local and systemic factors have been shown to drive growth in breast cancer cells. There is increasing evidence that hormone ghrelin, known for the growth hormone releasing effect and food intake modulator, may also influence cancer growth. Ghrelin has been shown to be produced by some tumor cells, including breast cancer cells.Objective: To analyze ghrelin expression in correl...