Endocrine Abstracts

Sarcoïdosis is a relatively frequent systemic disease of unknown origin. Prevalence is about 4.7–64 in 100 000. We report the case of a 53-year-old woman followed in our institution since 2007 for a thyroid carcinoma. In 2010, she was diagnosed refractory thyroid carcinoma because of a high thyroglobulin assay (477 μg/l) without uptake on post-therapeutic (131I) whole body scan. Thereafter, the story is marked by the appearance in 2011 of multiple cer...

Development in autologous bone marrrow transplantation (auto-BMT) has improved survival, but new endocrine complications now emerge. If primary thyroid and gonadal deficiencies are documented in medical literature, pituitary deficiencies are less well-known, especially in adults. The aim of the study was to investigate pituitary function in patients who survived at least one year after transplantation for malignant haematologic disorders by a prospective study.<p class="ab...

Background: Hyperphagia leading to craniopharyngioma-related obesity (CRO) is a common and serious sequel of treatments of craniopharyngiomas. The few therapeutic approaches that have been tested until now for the control of eating behaviour and weight have poor efficacy. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogues might be an option. Methods: This multicentre, randomised, double-blind superiority trial was conducted in France. Adults with CRO (BMI > 3...

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21 hydroxylase deficiency is one of the most frequent endocrine genetic diseases. Adrenal rests have been described and can decrease fertility in men1. In a retrospective multi-center study we wanted 1.to evaluate the frequency of adrenal rests in classical forms of CAH (21-OH deficiency) by systematic ultrasonography (US); 2.to try to find the cause of this abnormality looking for a relationship between genotype and pheno...