Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The congenital cystic neck masses underlie various diagnosis including tymic cysts. Even they are an embryological defects, the adult onset might be seen. The aetiology is not clearly established. The malignant behaviour or infections are correlated to the cysts. Aim: we present a female case with a complicated history of cysts.Case report: 42-year old female is known with the following medical history. Seven years ago she was operated for ...

Introduction: We report a case of Cushing’s syndrome association with nephrotic syndrome in a patient with occult ectopic ACTH (EAS) secretion by a bronchial carcinoid and resolution of both disorders after bilateral adrenalectomy.Case report: A 42-year-old man was admitted to our department with the suspicion of EAS. He was in a very good health until several months ago when he developed suddenly nephrotic syndrome, severe hypertension, severe hypo...

Introduction: Paraneoplastic Cushing’ syndrome (CS) represents 5–10% of all CS and has a severe prognosis due to severe metabolic imbalance, denutrition, associated infections, and progression of tumoural underlying pathology.A 67 years old woman presented with mental confusion, progressive weight loss, severe oedema and kypokalaemia, without typical features of Cushing or hyperpigmentation. Investigations revealed paraneoplastic Cushing’s...