Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hypophysitis is a rare pathology its symptoms and radiological signs are non-specificy making its diagnosis difficultCase Description: A 62-year-old Women, mother of 5 children, with a History of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism. During a period of fasting, the patient presented with profound asthenia, a tendency to hypotension. A severe hyponatremia at 119 mmol/l was diagnosed. The patient received urgent treatment. The hormonal biol...

Background: Pituitary apoplexy (PA) is a rare neuroendocrine emergency due to acute ischemic infarction or hemorrhage of the pituitary gland. We report a case of apoplexy manifesting with isolated ophtalmoplégia.Case description: We report the case of a 48-year-old man with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia. Consult a private ophthalmologist following the sudden appearance of double vision and sagging of the right...

Background: The presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism has changed radically over 30 years. Indeed, currently, asymptomatic forms which represented around a quarter are now estimated at 80% of cases.Case description: We report the case of a 57-year-old women, postmenopausal for 10 years, who presented following a fall from height with a triple pathological fracture (the left humeral head and the two upper ends of the femurs). Surgical treatment was ...