Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Primary empty sella (PES) is often found incidentally during neuroradiological studies. Although pituitary function is usually normal in patients with PES, it could be associated with serious clinical conditions including different degrees of hypopituitarism. Post-operative empty sella (POES), the most common group, results from pituitary adenoma and their treatments. Our aim is to compare anterior pituitary functions and quality of life (QoL) with Short Form-36 ...

Introduction: Pituitary apoplexy results from haemorrhagic infarction of a pre-existing pituitary adenoma or within physiologically enlarged gland. Pituitary apoplexy during pregnancy is rare but serious event with significant morbidity and mortality if not recognised in time. Pituitary apoplexy is characterised by sudden onset of headache, nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances, eye movements restricted and varying degrees of pituitary insufficiency and accompanied by change o...

Rhabdomyolysis is a characterized by muscle necrosis and release of intracellular muscle constituents into the circulation. Most cases are associated with a predisposing factor such as high dose statin therapy, diabetes, old age, female gender, renal failure or hypothyroidism.An 80-year-old woman presented with severe and generalized muscle pain. Her medical history included hypertension, congestive heart failure, chronic atrial fibrillation and a thy...

Introduction: Resecting a pheochromocytoma is a high-risk surgical procedure, life threatening complications may occur. In this presentation, we reported a case of resistance hypotension after pheochromocytoma resection.Case: A 70-year-old male with a history of prostate adenocarcinoma admitted to urology policlinic for cancer screening. Abdominal ultrasound revealed 6.5×5.5 cm mass in left adrenal gland and patient referred to endocrinology policli...