Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Insulinoma is a rare pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor but a life-threatening condition if untreated. Surgical resection is the standard of care with a high cure rate for benign insulinomas but complications can occur in nearly 30% of cases. New non-surgical mini-invasive ablative therapies can be considered in patients with benign insulinoma who are either unfit for surgery or refuse it, although current data are scarce and long-term outcomes are unknown.<p clas...

Context: Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (CHH) and CHARGE syndrome are clinically and genetically overlapping syndromes, with mutations in the CHD7 gene presenting in both disorders. However systematic evaluation of CHARGE features in CHD7-positive CHH patients is seldom performed.Objective: This study aims to systematically evaluate CHARGE features in CHD7-positive patients and explore the phenotype-genotype correlation.<p...