Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The Morris syndrome, is a rare X-linked disorder in which patients with XY chromosomal makeup (corresponding to a male genotype) develop female sexual characteristics. Acromegaly is a rare disease related to excessive production of growth hormone (GH) and insulin growth factor-I (IGF-I). Rarely, acromegaly was reported to be associated to a chromosomal microduplications of Xq26.3, responsible for early onset form of acro-gigantism. However, cases of acromegaly as...

Introduction: The pseudo-Cushing’s encompass several disorders that can occur in high-stress situations, such as the sepsis, and that show biochemical features like those of Cushing’s syndrome. We present a case with difficult differential diagnosis, for overlapping laboratory findings.Case description: A 74-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for worsening dyspnoea since a month, 15 kilograms weight loss in the previous months, asthenia,...