Endocrine Abstracts

Intrathyroidally located parathyroid carcinoma is extremely rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. Multifocal papillary and follicular thyroid carcinomas are rather common.We report a case of 40-year old man presenting with substantial weight loss, anemia and multiple osteolytic lesions of both tibias. Peak serum calcium level was 5.0 mmol/l, parathyroid hormone (PTH) level was 989 pg/ml. Left thyroid lobe was firm and enlarged. Routine percutaneous ...

Bilateral adrenalectomy usually results in lifelong primary adrenal insufficiency. Evidence exists that up to 34% of patients with Cushing’s disease (CD) have some degree of endogenous cortisol secretion after bilateral adrenalectomy due to ACTH driven hyperplasia of residual cortical tissue. We present a case of a patient with atypical corticotropinoma/carcinoma and recurrence of CD after bilateral adrenalectomy.A 59-year-old man presented with Cus...

Studies that consolidate the results of medicamentous and surgical treatment of pituitary adenomas are scarce. Pure endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery is rather new technique.The aim of this study is to report on early postoperative outcome of pure endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery and to present the results of multimodal treatment in patients with postsurgical failure.We reviewed 117 consecutive patients who u...