Endocrine Abstracts

Over the 10 percentage of all intracranial tumors are pituitary tumors.Their malignicity depends on their localisation, meanwhile their biological nature is benign. Regarding the size there are microadenomas (smaller than 10 milimeters) and macroadenomas (10 milimeters or more).Clinical manifestations of pituitary tumors depend on their localisation and hormonal activity. They are either hormonally functional or nonfunctional, resp...

We present a case of 32-year old male patient who was admitted to hospital because of newly discovered hypertension with symptoms of 4P (pain, pallor, perspiration and palpitation). During hospitalization the patient presented with polyuria, polydipsia, hyperglycemia and psychotic disorders. The suspicion of secondary hypertension was made.Catecholamine examination test was done and revealed very high levels of adrenalin (five times more than normal), no...