Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Syncope is common in healthy adolescents and young adults. It can happen due to hypotension secondary to orthostasis. Primary adrenal insufficiency is infrequently reported in patients presenting with syncope and dizziness caused by loss of vasopressor effect of catecholamines and volume depletion.Clinical Case: A 17-year-old boy with a past medical history of learning disability and asthma presented to our health facility with an episode of ...

Background: Hypercalcemia is a common clinical problem. Severe hypercalcemia or hypercalcemic crisis is an endocrine emergency and can be life threatening if left untreated. The condition has high mortality and requires immediate therapeutic interventions and diagnostics. A rapid rise to the calcium levels can result in the impaired function of organ systems including central nervous system. Hypercalcemia is mainly (more than 90%) caused by primary hyperparathyroidism or malig...

Introduction/BackgroundSarcoidosis is a multi-system inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, characterized by abnormal collection of inflammatory cells termed as granulomas. This disease usually involves lungs, skin, or lymph nodes, but can less commonly affect the eyes, liver, heart and brain. Neurological involvement is rare and appears in 5-10% of the cases. Neurosarcoidosis most frequently affects the cranial nerves, the hypothalamus and the pituit...