Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Pancreatic ACTHomas have a poor prognosis with severe and rapidly progressive clinical courses, influenced by hypercortisolaemia thus whenever possible, control of the cortisol levels should be obtained to reduce complications. We report the use of adrenal embolisation in a case of a life threatening paraneoplastic Cushing.Case: A 51-year-old woman with a negative past medical history complained of general weakness. Cushing’s syndrome ...

Introduction: Phaeocromocytomas are a rare catecholamine secreting tumours that can present in multiple ways. The classic triad of symptoms consists of episodic headache, sweating, and tachycardia. Most patients do not have the three classic symptoms. Sustained or paroxysmal hypertension is the most common sign. Among less common symptoms and signs constipation has been described and few cases of megacolon and phaeochromocytoma have been published.Case r...

Morbid obesity (MO) is often complicated by obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), which in some cases is evaluated by pulsioximetry. This cross-sectional study was designed to investigate the prevalence of discordance between desaturation index (DI) and apnoea–hypopnoea index (AHI) and its effects on insulin resistance and secretion in MO patients candidate to bariatric surgery (n=496) in whom a full polysomnographic study was carried out. We identified 163 (33%) out o...