Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (classic 21-OHD CAH) is the most common form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia, characterized by simple virilizing or salt wasting forms. The saline loss picture develops after birth and it can evolve in a short time to a severe picture of hypotonic dehydration and hypovolemic shock with lethal consequences if not diagnosed and treated. Herein we present an unusual case of classic 21-OHD CAH ...

Introduction: Hypophysary aneurysms are rare, they account for 1% to 2% of all intracranial aneurysms (1) and can be mistaken for pituitary adenomas, since they can have similar symptoms and even radiological signs especially if it’s an aneurysm completely thrombosed as angiography will show only avascular mass (2).Clinical case: A 84 year old female with past medical history of hypertension, dyslipidemia and depressive disorder, presents to emergen...