Endocrine Abstracts

Insulin autoimmune syndrome (IAS; Hirata syndrome) is a rare cause of hypoglycemia. It seems to be related to specific HLA class II alleles. Rarely, monoclonal antibody acts as an insulin-binding autoantibody: until now 10 cases have been described in association with a myeloproliferative disorder. In June 2015, a 60-year-old patient presented in a local hospital in Mayotte with confusion, sweating and severe hypoglycemia (blood glucose as low as 20 mg/dl). He was suffering of...

Background: Oncocytic neoplasms are rare adrenal tumours usually considered as benign and non-functional. Conversely, in recent large nationwide study from COMETE network over 50% of the oncocytic adrenocortical tumours were diagnosed as carcinoma according to Lin Weiss-Bisceglia-score. However, until now only 11 cases of metastatic oncocytoma were reported in English literature.Case report: A 54-year-old man with history of abdominal pain and weight los...