Surgery performed with its focus on one or more of the endocrine organs is referred to as endocrine surgery. The endocrine organs are glands located throughout the body, which secrete hormones that ...

Reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Key Takeaways: Hormones control essential processes like growth, metabolism, mood, and ...

When these hormones become imbalanced, it can lead to the development of an endocrine disorder. “An endocrine disorder occurs when your body produces either too much or too little of a particular ...

Multiple endocrine neoplasia is a group of rare, inherited disorders that involve the development of tumors (benign or malignant) or excessive growth in several endocrine glands. It can affect ...

COVID-19 affects many organs of the body. The endocrine system is particularly vulnerable because of the expression of the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor in various endocrine glands.

Your endocrine system controls all of your hormones. It’s made up of many different glands, including the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland (including the anterior pituitary) plays a significant ...

These tumors can form spontaneously, for no known reason, or they may develop because of a faulty gene (mutation). Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are usually benign (noncancerous), but they can ...

THE addition of yet another volume to works on diseases of the endocrine glands can only fill the expert reader with dismay, unless such a work has outstanding characters. The work at present under ...

Thyroid issues are becoming more prevalent, especially in women, elderly people and those with family history of hormonal or ...

Hormonal imbalances occur when there is too much or too little of a hormone in the blood. Common symptoms include weight changes, lower sex drive, and acne, but it depends on which hormone is out of ...

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a genetic condition that causes tumors to form in endocrine glands and other organs. Despite not usually being cancerous, these tumors can be very ...