Endocrine Abstracts

Diffuse Idiopathic Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cell Hyperplasia (DIPNECH), which was formally recognised in 1992, has been described as an idiopathic pre-invasive condition that may co-exist with carcinoid tumours. Classically it has been described in women with predominantly obstructive lung function and not in association with smoking. Although many have stable disease, in some documented cases there has been progressive lung disease leading to the need for lung transplant. The...