Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The contribution of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection per se in thyroid autoimmunity and dysfunction remains controversial.Aim: To investigate the prevalence of thyroid disorders and the possible association between thyroid dysfunction and different factors in a cohort of HCV untreated patients.Material and methods: A total 1050 patients with untreated HCV infection were enrolled in this study. Thyroid functio...

Introduction: Pseudo Cushing syndrome (PCS) is caused by non-neoplastic over activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Differentiating between PCS and Cushing disease (CD) can be challenging because of their overlapping clinical and biochemical features.Case presentation: 15 year old male presenting with watery diarrhea of 2 months duration occurring 3 times per day with lower limb weakness No rectal bleeding, fever, or weight loss<p class...

Introduction: Central diabetes insipidus (CDI) results from a deficiency of arginine vasopressin (AVP) secretion. It is treated by replacement therapy with the synthetic AVP analogue desmopressin. With atrial distension there is increased afferent vagal stimulation that decreases renal sympathetic tone and inhibits antidiuretic hormone (ADH) release, which in turn leads to the diuresis response. Additionally, atrial distension leads to atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) release,...

Introduction: Severe HTG usually occurs in a patient with genetic predisposition encoding various apolipoproteins (APOE, APOA5, APOC2, APOB), lipoprotein lipase (LPL), exacerbated by secondary factors as diabetes, obesity, high alcohol intake Case report: 35 yr old diabetic male presented with repeated vomiting with severe epigastric pain He had similar attack 1 year ago diagnosed as acute pancreatitis. 3 years ago he was diagnosed SLE with antiphospholi...

Introduction: Bardet–Biedl syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder with a wide range of clinical features. The primary clinical features include rod-cone dystrophy, postaxial polydactyly, central obesity, cognitive impairment, male hypogonadism and renal dysfunction.Case report: 22 Year old male, mentaly retarded with Bardet Biedle syndrome presented to our ER with vomiting and generalized weakness for 1 week. There was no history of fever, ...