Endocrine Abstracts

Follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) is the second most common type of thyroid cancer, making up about 10 to up to 15% of all thyroid cancers. It is called a ‘well differentiated’ thyroid carcinoma, like papillary thyroid cancer, but it is typically more aggressive than this. We report the case of a 75-year-old man with personal history of Type 1 Diabetes since he was 25 years old, with severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (blindness) and multinodular goiter. I...

Introduction: Dumping syndrome is a phenomenon produced by the alteration of the pyloric sphincter. It occurs in 20% of pyloroplasty or distal gastrectomies. The syndrome is attributed to the rapid emptying of the chyme in the intestine. The osmotic gradient attracts fluid to the intestine, and this releases vasoactive hormones, such as serotonin or vasoactive intestinal polypeptide.Case report: We present a 82-year-old woman with gastric intervention in...

Introduction: Noninsulinoma pancreatogenous hypoglycemia syndrome (NIPHS) is an entity with low prevalence (4%), more frequent in neonates and infants and with a male preponderance, characterized by endogenous hyper insulinemic hypoglycemia, not caused by an insulinoma. Pancreatic histology usually reveals diffuse nesidioblastosis.Case report: A 21-years-old man without a remarkable personal or family history was referred describing a 15 kg weight g...

Introduction: Cyclic Cushing´s syndrome (CCS) is a rare disorder with a wide clinical variability, characterized by repeated episodes of cortisol excess and periods of normal or even low cortisol secretion. Different periodical diagnostic tests are required to confirm hypercortisolism and thereafter imaging techniques and laboratory studies can be performed to localize the cause.Case report: A 17-year-old female patient with a personal history of ad...