Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is a rare congenital cause of primary amenorrhea, characterized by aplasia of the vagina with or without concurrent uterine and/or cervical aplasia. MRKH syndrome has a heavy psychological impact, and requires multidisciplinary management.Case Report: A 17-year-old female patient presented for exploration of a primary amenorrhea. Her medical history was significant for recurrent urinary tr...

Introduction: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a well-known human tumor virus with a very high prevalence in the population, this virus is associated with epithelial and lymphoid malignancies, including lymphoepithelioma carcinoma of thyroid. This subtype of thyroid carcinoma is characterized by histologic features similar to those of undifferentiated carcinoma of the thyroid. Case Report: A 17-year-old male patient, his medical and family histories were non-...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors producing catecholamines, they are usually unilateral. However, they can be located bilaterally. They still pose several problems in their diagnosis if they are associated with an adrenal cyst, which is the case in our patient.Case Report: A 34-years-old male patient, his medical and family histories were non specific, admitted to the emergency room for lumbar pain, with no other associated s...

Introduction: Stiff-Person Syndrome (SPS) is a rare autoimmune neurological disorder that can be associated with other autoimmune diseases including type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). The presence of alternative forms of autoimmune diabetes, such as latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) in SPS, is not well described.Case Report: A 63 years old male patient, his medical and family histories were non-specific. He developed progressive rigidity in trunc...

Introduction: Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome (PSIS) is a distinct developmental defect characterized by a thin or absent pituitary stalk, hypoplasia of the adenohypophysis, and ectopic location of the neurohypophysis.Case report: A 36 years old male patient, full term born by vaginal delivery, with birth asphyxia. Birth weight was 2800 g, length was 51 cm, and no other postnatal events were noticed. Psychomotor milestones were achieved normally. h...

Introduction: Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is a genetic sexual developmental disorder (DSD) inherited in an X-linked recessive mode, responsible for 30 to 70% of cases of DSD 46, XY. Androgen insensitivity can be complete (CAIS), partial (PAIS) or mild depending on the degree of receptor sensitivity to androgen stimulationCase report: A 17-year-old female patient with a history of inguinal hernia operated in childhood who was admitted for explor...

Introduction: Moringa oleifera (MO) (also known as ‘drumstick’) is a tree belonging to the family Moringaceae, genus Moringa, originally native from the Himalayans but currently cultivated in many tropical and subtropical regions around the world. It has been used as a food source and for traditional medicine purposes due to possible antihyperglycemic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and lipid regulating properties, and have been reported earlier by different scienti...

Introduction: Arterial hypertension of endocrine origin remains a rare and curable cause of hypertension. The association of hypertension and hypokalemia should always prompt us to consider cushing’s disease.Case Report: A 39-year-old female patient, followed for 9 years for hypertension on dual therapy. Clinical examination was unremarkable, in whom the diagnosis of ACTH-dependent cushing’s syndrome was made on the basis of clinical and biolog...

Introduction: A toxic goiter is a goiter that functions autonomously, causing hypersecretion of thyroid hormones, and is almost always benign. We report here the case of a toxic goiter that revealed the presence of papillary thyroid carcinoma.Observation: Patient aged 68, with a history of arterial hypertension, followed for hyperthyroidism on a toxic goitre, with a thyroid scintigraphy showing an enlarged thyroid gland with intense uptake on the right s...

Introduction: The association of thyroid carcinoma with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx is very rare, with few clinical cases reported in the literature.Case report: We report the case of a 63-year-old patient with no significant medical history who presented with progressive dysphonia. Fiberoptic examination revealed a budding lesion. CT scan showed a tumor process centered on the right vocal cord, with negative extension findings. The patient und...