Endocrine Abstracts

Section 1:: 25 year old lady presented in 2014 with subacute submental midline neck swelling. Ultrasound neck: thyroid glands noted to be normal in size, shape and echotexture. No foci/nodules/mass lesion noted with normal vascularity. Isthmus of thyroid also noted to be normal in size, shape and echotexture. Neck vessels seen normally. Few hypoechoic lesions noted in submental region with echogenic area within it, on application of color doppler flow showing blood flow in ech...

Background: The detection of phaeochromocytomas evolved from autopsy finding to presentation in symptomatic/hypertensive, and genetically-predisposed individuals. Increasingly, phaeochromocytomas are diagnosed in incidental adrenal masses and the impact on the clinical, biochemical, and radiological features is unclear.Methods: Retrospective review of patients with phaeochromocytomas seen at a large tertiary referral centre between January 2010 and May 2...