Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Ganglioneuroma is a rare benign tumour arising from neural crest sympathogonia. It is usually asymptomatic and non functional. An association between ganglioeneuroma and genetic or autoimmune diseases such as Addison’s disease or Mediterranean fever has never been described.Case description: We report the case of a 24-year-old woman presenting with paroxysmal abdominal pain with loss of weight and no fever. Physical examination along w...

Introduction: The otorhinolaryngologist can be confronted to multiple surprises after a thyroid surgeryCase description: We report the case of a 48 year-old woman admitted with post operative hypocalcaemia (after thyroidectomy?). The patient has a history of hypothyroidism since 5 years. She then presented a cervical swelling. The ultra-sound confirmed the presence of a suspicious thyroid nodule measuring 4 cm. A thyroidectomy was then conducted. Post op...