Endocrine Abstracts

Metabolic liver dysfunction can be a causative factor for morbity and mortality in Berardinelli–Seip syndrome patients. We evaluated hepatic function in 29 Berardinelli–Seip patients. Diabetes mellitus (DM) was present in 23 of them. We analyzed biochemical parameters including AST, ALT, GGT, ALP levels and liver non invasive imaging aspects. The liver was graded as normal, mild, moderate, or severe hepatic steatosis.Results: We could not find ...

The Barraquer-Simons syndrome is a rare form of partial symmetric lipodystrophy with involvement of the face and upper body, of unknown cause, characterized by loss of subcutaneous fat in the face and started stretching for the upper body.Case report: Female patient, 26 years old, presenting morphologic change in facies, chest, upper limbs, lower limbs and abdomen since she was 10 years old. Last year, she has increased weight at 30%, with apparent muscl...