Endocrine Abstracts

We report the MRI findings of an unusual case of posterior pituitary ectopia (PPE) in a young female patient with idiopathic diabetes inspidus (DI). She was 29 years- old and presented with polydipsia (7–8 lt/day), and polyuria (7–8 lt/day) that had been present for about 5 months. She had regular menstrual cycles. She didn’t have any history of significant medical illness or any history of head trauma. An 8-hour fluid deprivation test followed by desmopressin (...

Seckel syndrome (SS) is a rare disorder of severe growth retardation and craniofacial-skeletal abnormalities. In scant number of reports, neonates had intact hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis before they die because of cardiopulmonary abnormalities. We present an unique case of SS at the age of 18 years and discuss the possible explanations of his growth retardation and sex reversal.Case: A 18-year-old female presented with short stature and ...