Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas (Pheo) may appear sporadically (SPheo) or as an autosomal dominant inherited disease, named as familial PHEOs (FPheo). The latter are present in younger patients, and usually with multiple tumors, but may occur in patients with apparently simple sporadic tumors with no other syndromic features.Material and methods: Clinical data of all consecutive patients underwent surgery for Pheo over 35 years in two tertiary referral c...

Introduction: The widespread use of abdominal computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging has led to a rise in the diagnosis of incidental adrenal lesions, some of them are pheochromocytomas (Pheo).Objective: To investigate the differences between incidental (IPheo) and symptomatic Pheo (SPheo).Methods: A multicenter retrospective study on clinical and pathological characteristics, treatment and outcome in patients with Pheo...

Background: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare and aggressive neoplasm with a 5-year survival rate <30%. Survival depends mainly on the stage at diagnosis, being surgery the only curative treatment.Objective: To report the clinical features, management and outcomes of a series of ACC in two Spanish tertiary hospitals.Material and methods: All patients with pathological diagnosis of ACC between 2000 and 2017 were included ...