Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Cells of the neuroendocrine system are spread throughout the body, and they can give rise to various neuroendocrine tumors with unpredictable evolution. It has been observed that they are often associated with the development of fibrosis, both local and distant.Case presentation: We present the case of an 81 year-old, normal-weight woman, who firstly presented in our clinic in 2014 for multinodular goiter (normal calcitonin). Fine needle as...

Background: Iatrogeny is the most common cause of Cushing syndrome (CS), with most reported cases due to prolonged use of oral, parenteral or, rarely, topical corticosteroid preparations. Few cases of CS (and consecutive adrenal insufficiency (AI)) due to intranasal corticoids have been reported and the vast majority were documented in pediatric patients.Case reports: We present two cases of iatrogenic CS due to chronic intranasal administration of over-...

Background: The occurrence of multiple endocrine tumors in the same patient is not always typical and cannot always be classified into a multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type, McCune-Albright syndrome or the Carney complex. Schwannomas are mesenchymal tumors that originate from Schwann cells of peripheral nerve fibers that can associate in some syndromes. 90% cases are benign, involving usually the head, neck and extremities. They are rare in the retroperitoneal region (1&#1...

Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory disease characterized by joint destruction, the erosion being caused by invasion of articular cartilage by the synovial pannus. This chronic systemic disease affects approximately 0.5–1% of the adult population, occurring more often in women than in men (3:1). The etiology is thought to be multifactorial, environmental factors or infectious agents being suggested to play a role, but their contribution is yet to be defi...