Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) or von Recklighausen disease is an autosomal condition caused by heterozygous mutations of the NF1 gene. Patients with NF-1 are at an approximately fourfold higher risk of developing tumors than the general population. Pheochromocytoma may occur in about 1% of these patients.Case report: A 24-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for further examinations of a 6-cm right adrenal mass, that was incidentally dis...

Resistant hypertension (RH) is defined as blood pressure above a goal despite adherence to at least three optimally dosed antihypertensive medications of different classes, one of which is a diuretic.Objectives: We investigated the prevalence of true resistant hypertension in our Department of Endocrinology, and we described the clinico-biological features of theses patients.Methods: We performed a retrospective descriptive study. ...