Endocrine Abstracts

A 38-year-old woman presented with symptoms suggesting Cushing’s syndrome. She has a history of surgery of mature ovarian teratoma (hysterectomy, ovarectomy) associated to radio and chemotherapy 15 years ago. The malignant teratoma relaps with hepatic and grelic metastases, and was unresectable. Main complaints were weight gain with centripetal fat distribution, muscle weakness, melanodermia and purpule striae on the skin of the abdomen, thighs, breasts and arms....

ObjectiveTo determine the clinical, biological and etiological aspects of hirsutism.MaterialA retrospective study from 2009 to 2017 included 51 patients explored and followed for hirsutism in the endocrinology department of the Rabta hospital.ResultsThe mean age of hirsute patients was 29 years, their average age of menarche was 12 years old. Hirsutism appeared be...