Mihai Costăchescu

Adrenocortical Carcinoma: An Exceptional Survival Span Across a Tailored Management

Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) represents a very rare (an incidence of 1–2 cases per million) and aggressive malignancy (an overall 5-year survival of 15%). Less than 15–20% of cases involve a single metastatic disease. In this presentation, we documented a most exceptional survi...

Analysis of circulating bone-glucose profile and exerkine irisin across parathormone quartiles in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism.

BACKGROUND: Parathyroid tumors, mostly single or multiple adenomas, cause a hormonal imbalance via parathormone (PTH) excess, that further increases serum calcium (primary hyperparathyroidism) with both PTH- and calcium-related multi-organ consequences. Testing the bone turnover...