Endocrine Abstracts

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We report 29 years old female with recurrence of adrenal carcinoma and hypercortisolism secondary to HCG responsive adrenal carcinoma.which has been surgically excised in 2003 following the birth of a live infant at 28 weeks gestation.A year latter she presented with a tenderness over the right rib cage and had CT scan which showed metastases at the liver and right renal bed.Hypercortisolism was confirmed biochemicaly with a 24 hou...

Introduction: Turner Syndrome (TS) is associated with a higher overall morbidity and mortality than the general population, with respiratory diseases as one of the major causes. Haemophilus influenza type B (HiB) and pneumococcal (PC) vaccination can reduce morbidity and mortality, by alleviating the risk of respiratory diseases. All patients in the Newcastle Adult Turner Syndrome clinic who lack immunity to either HiB or PC at baseline receive vaccination in our TS clinic. Ho...