Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adrenal myelolipoma is a rare benign tumour composed of mature adipose tissue and hematopoietic tissue. Most lesions are small and asymptomatic, discovered incidentally during autopsy or on imaging studies performed for other reasons. Usually small and asymptomatic, but has been reported to present with symptoms such as abdominal pain resulting from tumour bulk, necrosis or spontaneous retroperitoneal haemorrhage.Case 54-year old woman who ...

Introduction: Fahr’s disease is a rare, neurological disorder characterized by abnormal calcified deposits in basal ganglia. The clinical characteristics are various and usually appears such as disfunction of the affected areas. According to our knowledge, no case of Fahr’s disease together with pregnancy has been described in the literature until now. The objective of this case report was to describe the clinical course of this rare condition in pregnancy.<p cla...

Introduction: Pseudohypoparathyroidism is characterised by hypocalcaemia, hyperphosphataemia, increased serum parathyroid hormone values and insensitivity to the biological activity of parathyroid hormone. Pseudohypoparathyroidism is often associated with a characteristic phenotype known as Albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy. This case was reported in order to remind pseudohypoparathyroidism in patients with hypocalcemic seizures.Case report: We d...

Objective: Hypopituitary patients receiving convensional hormone substitution, but without growth hormone (GH) replacement, have an increased mortality from cardiovascular disease. The aim of the present study was to assess the heart rate variability(HRV) in hypopituitary patients with severe GH deficiency.Material and method: Thirty-five patients (20 women, 15 men, aged 23-75 years) with severe GH deficiency, all of 35 patients with low insulin-like gro...

Objective: Hyperprolactinemia is the most common abnormality of the hypothalamic–pituitary axis. In the majority of patients with hyperprolactinemia monomeric prolactin (monoPRL) namely PRL with a molecular weight of 23 kDa predominates. But, in some patients with hyperprolactinemia high molecular weight forms of PRL namely macroprolactin (macroPRL) is detected. We aimed to investigate the clinic and radiologic features associated with the macroPRL....