Endocrine Abstracts

COVID-19 pandemic obliged physicians to find out alternative options to classical pathways, to lower viral spread and related dangers as well as to cope with redeployment of personnel and resources. We describe here two cases in whom surgery for adrenal Cushing’s syndrome (CS) and pheochromocytoma (PHEO) was deferred due to the unavailability of surgical facilities.Case no 1: A 69-yo woman was evaluated for CS. Type 2 diabetes mellitus was diagnosed...

An increase in basal and Pentagastrin (Pg) stimulated calcitonin (CT) concentration is a specific feature of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). Routine basal CT measurement in nodular thyroid diseases is controversial. Pg stimulation is expected to increase the basal CT specificity in MTC screening, although false positive responses in patients without MTC have been reported.Aim: To report the diagnostic accuracy of Pg-stimulated CT in surgically treated...