Endocrine Abstracts

The management of nonfunctioning adrenal masses is controversial. The size is usually the only criterion for surgical treatment. The objective was to study the progression of the tumor size and the follow-up of several cardiovascular risk parameters in patients with nonsurgical nonfunctioning adrenal masses.Retrospective longitudinal observational study of 24 patients (54.2% men) with nonfunctioning adenomas followed for five years without surgical treat...

The Nonclassical Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (NCCAH) is an autosomal recessive disorder. The importance of the diagnosis in fertile women relies in its therapeutic implications, genetic counseling and antenatal care during pregnancy. Diagnosis is established by the presence of basal 17-OH-progesterone (17-OHP) levels ≧6 ng/ml or stimulated after ACTH test ≧15 ng/ml. Basal values between 2-6 ng/ml or stimulated between 10–15 ng/ml would require further con...

Introduction and objective: Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are relatively rare tumors. The majority are located in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and bronchopulmonary system. The aim of this report is to study the characteristics of gastrointestinal NETs at diagnosis.Material and methods: Descriptive study about 18 patients diagnosed of gastrointestinal NETs during 1993–2011 in our hospital. Data regarding demographic, clinical, analytical, anatomopa...

Introduction and objective: Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are a rare kind of tumor that can have various locations. Pancreatic location is the most common after the gastrointestinal tract. The aim of this report is to study the characteristics of neuroendocrine tumors located in the pancreatic gland (pNETs) at diagnosis.Material and methods: Descriptive and retrospective study about 22 patients diagnosed of pNET during the period 1993–2010 in our hos...

Introduction: It has been previously described that prolactinomas may have a more aggressive behaviour in men than in women.Methods: We performed a retrospective study in 59 patients diagnosed of prolactinoma (19 men). The variables collected were: age at diagnosis, clinical presentation, tumor size and stage (Hardy classification) and treatment response. The results were compared between both genders.Results: Age at diagnosis was ...