Endocrine Abstracts

Adrenal haemorrhage is a rare, usually life-threating complication, most commonly connected with primary or metastatic adrenal tumour. Among them pheochromocytoma is the most common cause of spontaneous adrenal bleeding and accounts for nearly 50% of cases. We performed a database search for pheochromocytoma patients, diagnosed and treated in Endocrinology Department, University Hospital in Cracow from 2005 to 2021. 206 patients with pheochromocytoma were identified. Subsequen...

Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL) are rare neuroendocrine tumours, which derive from the chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla or extra-adrenal sympathetic and parasympathetic ganglia. About 15-20% of those neoplasms could present malignant course. Prediction of PPGL metastatic potential still remains a great clinical challenge, since the sensitivity and specificity of proposed prediction systems are not satisfactory. We performed a retrospective database search for ...