Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adrenal oncocytoma (AO) and ganglioneuroma (GN) are rare causes of adrenal masses, corresponding usually to nonfunctional and benign tumors. However, 20% of the AO shows some elements of malignancy and 10–20% of them affect adrenal hormone production. GNs account for 0.3%-2% of adrenal incidentalomas, with punctate calcifications in CT imaging being highly suggestive. However, preoperative differential diagnosis remains challenging. Adrenal arterial emboliza...

Background: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is one of the most common illness of pregnancy. Despite its frequency, there’s no worldwide accepted screening criteria for GDM. In 2011, Carpenter and Coustan (CC) screening (50-g glucose challenge test (GCT) followed by 100-g glucose tolerance test (OGTT) if GCT screen was positive) was abandoned and began the implementation of the screening of the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Group (IADPSG) 20...

Introduction: Acromegaly is usually caused by a pituitary adenoma; ectopic or eutopic secretion of GHRH is a rare condition, responsible for <1% of the cases. Ectopic secretion of GH itself is even rarer.Case report: A 34-year-old woman was referred to the Endocrine Clinic with a multinodular goiter. However, on physical examination there were some physical signs of acromegaly: coarsening of facial features, protusion of the lower jaw and thick, oily...

Introduction: The acute onset of pulmonary edema and severe congestive heart failure secondary to catecholamine overproduction from a pheochromocytoma is a rare entity, especially in the absence of other signs or symptoms suspicious of this tumour. Myocardial involvement can include angina pectoris, acute heart failure, dilated cardiomyopathy, myocardial infartion and arrhytmias. Here, we present the case of a young man with no significant medical history who presented with ac...

Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are an innovative oncologic therapy used in several types of solid and hematological neoplasms. This treatment enables the antitumoral immune system response and results in significant improvement of clinical outcomes and survival rate. However, endocrine related adverse effects (ERAE) have been related, with thyroid and pituitary dysfunction being the most common endocrine diseases described. An association between the surge of e...