Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Adrenal incidentalomas (AI) have an increasing prevalence during last decades, probably due to the extended use of new imaging techniques and longer life expectancy. Adrenal hormonal hypersecretion, even subclinical, is probably related to cardiovascular disease (CVD).Methods: We evaluated 100 patients with adrenal masses, incidentally discovered in imaging techniques performed for non adrenal disorders (67 Female, 33 Male, mean 58.1±12....

Introduction: Pembrolizumab is a programmed death receptor-1(PD-1)-blocking antibody, used in a variety of advanced malignant tumors with promising results, although adverse events are not rare.Case report: We present the case of an adult female, with negative personal and family history of autoimmune diseases, who developed malignant superficial melanoma of right wrist 6 years ago. She was initially treated with surgical resection (lesion and ipsilatera...