Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hyponatremia, defined as a serum sodium concentration below 135 mEq/l, has a heterogeneous etiology, the main endocrine causes includind the syndrome of inappropiate antidiuresis (SIAD), adrenal insufficiency and severe hypothyroidism.Materials and methods: Clinical, hormonal and imaging evaluationAim: To present a case of hyponatremia leading to the diagnosis of a large pituitary tumorCase pres...

Introduction: Intrasellar arachnoid cysts are rare and clinically resemble nonfunctional pituitary adenomas. Arachnoid cysts should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cysts developing in the sellar region, together with cystic pituitary adenoma, craniopharyngioma, epidermoid cysts, and Rathke’s cleft cysts. Symptomatic cysts are operated but can recurr.Case presentation: We present 2 cases of compressive intrasellar arachnoid cysts occur...

Background: Association of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) and cortisol-producing adrenal adenoma is not part of the classical MEN syndromes. We present a clinical case raising the question of a common etiology for these tumours.Case Presentation: A 58-year-old female presented in 2010 for the investigation of a 6 cm left adrenal tumour incidentally discovered by abdominal CT. Medical history included smoking, obesity, myocardial infarction, hyper...