Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The most common sellar lesions are mainly due to pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas and benign cysts. Rathke’s cleft cyst (RCC) is a developmental sellar or suprasellar cystic lesion, which rarely becomes symptomatic. Here, we present an interesting case of intra sellar RCC, with a presenting feature of acute pituitary apoplexy.Case report: A 39 year old healthy women was referred to the emergency room for sudden headache and fatig...

We herein describe a 55-year-old woman who showed a dramatic improvement in glucose control following treatment for co-existing acromegaly and Cushing’s syndrome. The co-occurrence of acromegaly and Cushing’s syndrome in one individual is extremely rare. This patient was diagnosed as having diabetes mellitus 7 years ago. Afterwards, in spite of insulin therapy, her hyperglycemia could not be well controlled. Endocrinological and radiological examinations revealed sub...