Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: We report a case of a pituitary insufficiency apparently resistant to treatment.Case report: A 74 year old patient was admitted through the ER in our department for a recently discovered pituitary macroadenoma. His general condition was poor in spite of the initiation of corticotherapy. Evaluation: Smoker, with no significant medical history, the BP: 100/60 mmHg, no orthostatic hypotension, disoriented, confused, with moderately altered gen...

Background: Fahr syndrome is a rare entity characterized by symmetrical bilateral brain calcifications, involving basal ganglia (mainly), thalami, dentate nuclei and the cerebral and cerebellar white matter. Progressive neurologic dysfunction and other neuropsychiatric disorders are characteristic. Endocrine disorders which may present with Fahr syndrome include parathyroid dysfunction (hypoparathyroidism especially, but also pseudohypoparathyroidism, pseudopseudohypoparathyro...