Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hyponatremia in not uncommon in elderly. Common causes include medication, heart, kidney and liver diseases, digestive loses, syndrome of inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone. Hormonal imbalances are sometimes overlooked. Sudden onset after a recently invasive procedure could challenge the diagnostic.Methods: We present a case report of a severe hyponatremia diagnosed after a coronary angiogram. It is a rare case of hypopituitarism secondary t...

Introduction: Pituitary Stalk Interruption Syndrome (PSIS) is a congenital developmental anomaly affecting the pituitary gland. Characterized by a triad of features including a thin or absent pituitary stalk, adenohypophysis hypoplasia, and ectopic neurohypophysis on MRI, PSIS can lead to isolated or combined pituitary hormone deficiency. Symptoms may manifest at various life stages, with 70% of cases identified in childhood due to growth retardation. Notably, some patients ex...

Background: Pheochromocytomas are rare tumors, with prevalence less than 0.2% of hypertensive patients, in general population being unknown. With increasing access to imaging and hormonal workup, more pheochromocytomas are diagnosed. This may have changed the occurrence of the classic presentation with hypertension and the classic triad.Methods: We present 3 cases of pheochromocytoma diagnosed in our departments over the last 2 years, with 3 different ph...