Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) (1/3000 live births) is a rare genetic cause for hereditary pheochromocytoma (0.1-5.7%) with unclear incidence and risk of malignancy. There is no current UK screening program for patients with NF-1 for pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma.Methods: A retrospective review of patients who were diagnosed with pheochromocytoma in the context of NF-1 following referral to the adrenal multidisciplinary team at Oxford.</p...

Introduction: Gastroentropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP-NETs) have been observed to manifest a variable degree of heterogeneity, resulting in varied progression, change in grade, and treatment response over time. Clinical case: A 43-year-old male presented with anorexia, weight loss, vomiting, diarrhoea, and abdominal pain. Initial imaging identified a pancreatic mass with liver and retroperitoneal nodal metastasis. The liver lesions expressed Cy...