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...

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: The occurrence of Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) and hypothyroidism induced systolic dysfunction is rare, especially when it presents as an initial manifestation of hypothyroidism Case We report the case of a 57-year-old patient, a known chronic smoker, who was admitted to the emergency department reporting asthenia, NYHA class III dyspnea, cardiac angina, and periorbital oedema. The ECG reveals a regular rhythm at 50 bpm and diffuse low voltage with firstdegree at...

Introduction: Developing in the adrenal medulla’s chromaffin cells, pheochromocytoma (PC) is an infrequent tumor Illustrating the instance of a patient diagnosed with malignant adrenal pheochromocytoma (PCM) following the onset of paralyzing sciatic painCase: A 60-year-old patient managing hypertension with triple therapy and type 2 diabetes using metformin and insulin glargine. The patient sought emergency care due to recurrent and disabling sciati...

Introduction: Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 2 is a rare autosomal dominant life-threatening syndrome. It is defined by the presence of Addison’s disease in combination with at least one of the known autoimmune diseases: thyroid autoimmune disease, type 1 diabetes, and hypogonadism. The coexistence of Addison’s disease and autoimmune thyroid disease has been known as Schmidt’s syndrome. We are detailing the case of a patient who exhibited this syndrome a...

Introduction: A toxic thyroid nodule refers to a nodule that functions autonomously, causing an overabundance of thyroid hormones. It is generally considered non-malignant. Making a decision regarding surgery in hyperthyroid patients necessitates the accurate localization of the toxic region. Here we report a case of an intrathoracic toxic thyroid nodule causing hyperthyroidism with a normally functioning cervical thyroid nodule.Case: A 63 year-old femal...