Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Empty sella (ES) is often an incidental imaging finding, associated or not with the following symptoms: headache, hypopituitarism or visual impairment. Two etiological forms are described: primary ES due to a combination of increased spinal fluid pressure and a defect in the sella diaphragm and secondary ES due to the shrinkage of the pituitary gland (after pituitary surgery, radiation, apoplexy, hypophysitis or neurosarcoidosis).Clinical cas...

IntroductionWe present the very rare case of a patient with ovotesticular disturbance of sexual development (DSD) by 46 XX/46 XY genetic chimerism.Case reportA 47-year-old patient with male appearance consulted for gynecomastia developed in the last 3 - 4 years. Clinical examination showed genital organs ambiguity with a small scrotum, no palpable testis, a clitoris instead of penis. Painful bilateral gyn...