Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hyperpigmentation is a clinical sign that can be associated with different endocrine disorders. It is commonly seen in Addison’s disease and has rarely been reported in Graves’ disease. The exact physio pathological mechanism of this sign is not well established in hyperthyroidism. We describe two cases of Graves’ disease accompanied by diffuse hyperpigmentation.Case report: Case 1 was a 63-year-old female ad...

Introduction: Thyroid-associated orbitopathy is an autoimmune disease of the retroocular tissues commonly associated with Graves’ disease (GD) and rarely reported in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT). GD and HT are autoimmune thyroid disease which are sometimes hard to distinguish from one another and their association in one person is rarely described. Here, we report a case of an exacerbation of thyroid-associated orbitopathy in a patient with GD following a SARS-CoV-2 ...

Introduction: Niemann Pick disease is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficiency in acid sphingomyelinase. Usually discovered in childhood, it can affect liver, spleen and pulmonary function. Here, we report the case of a Niemann Pick type B disease in an adult associated with bilateral adrenal incidentalomas.Observation: A 45-year-old male patient was found to have bilateral adrenal incidentalomas associated with hepato...