Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Growth retardation is considered severe when the height of the child is -3 standard deviation (SD) below the average height in reference to the growth curves of children of the same sex and age. Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome (PSIS) is one of the most common conditions in children with short stature.Case report: We report the case of a 12-years old boy with no clinical history of perinatal injury or traumatic birth, who was admitted ...

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...