Endocrine Abstracts

Virilizing ovarian tumors are a rare cause of hyperandrogenism; they account for 1–2% of all ovarian tumors being the Leydig cell tumor the most common one.We report the case of a 76-year old woman with type 2 diabetes that was referred for androgenic alopecia with 3 years evolution and a recent facial, peri-areolar and dorsal hirsutism. A diagnosis of hypertension was made 18 months previously, and she was on a four anti-hypertensive drug regimen. ...

Introduction: Recent data reveal that in the last 25 years it has been a 2.4 fold increase in thyroid cancer, with concomitant rise in thyroid microcarcinoma cases. The main purpose of this study was to analyse the surgical indications that leads to incidentally noted papillary microcarcinoma diagnosis.Methods: We analysed clinicopathologic data of nineteen cases of incidentally found papillary thyroid microcarcinoma, from 1244 thyroid surgeries realized...