Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hyponatremia in not uncommon in elderly. Common causes include medication, heart, kidney and liver diseases, digestive loses, syndrome of inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone. Hormonal imbalances are sometimes overlooked. Sudden onset after a recently invasive procedure could challenge the diagnostic.Methods: We present a case report of a severe hyponatremia diagnosed after a coronary angiogram. It is a rare case of hypopituitarism secondary t...

Background: Pheochromocytomas are rare tumors, with prevalence less than 0.2% of hypertensive patients, in general population being unknown. With increasing access to imaging and hormonal workup, more pheochromocytomas are diagnosed. This may have changed the occurrence of the classic presentation with hypertension and the classic triad.Methods: We present 3 cases of pheochromocytoma diagnosed in our departments over the last 2 years, with 3 different ph...