Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Lipoatrophy is a rare cutaneous complication in diabetes that presents with localized subcutaneous fat atrophy at the insulin injection site. We report a case of a 62-year-old man type 1 diabetic with lipoatrophy lesions on the thighs.Case report: A 62-year-old male, with clinical history of basedow’s disease, He was diagnosed type 1 diabetes (T1D) when he was 19 years old, treated with premixed human insulin for the last 4 years.His w...

Introduction: Hungry bone syndrome (HBS) is a rare complication of parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism. We report a case of HBS after parathyroid surgery for severe primary hyperparathyroidism.Case presentation: A 46-year-old woman was admitted with generalized weakness and difficulty walking due to progressive worsening of low-back pain. Clinical examination revealed tachycardia at 110 bpm and chest deformity. Laboratory results revealed h...

Introduction: Growth retardation is considered severe when the height of the child is -3 standard deviation (SD) below the average height in reference to the growth curves of children of the same sex and age. Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome (PSIS) is one of the most common conditions in children with short stature.Case report: We report the case of a 12-years old boy with no clinical history of perinatal injury or traumatic birth, who was admitted ...