Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Graves’ disease (GD) is a common autoimmune endocrinopathy where autoantibodies that activate TSH receptor (TRAb) cause clinical hyperthyroidism. Graves’ Orbitopathy (GO) is one of the major complications of GD that results from the inflammation of retro-orbital tissues. Although the clinical usefulness of TRAb determination in the diagnosis of GD is well established, recent studies have shown that TRAb levels may also be helpful in assessing the activi...

Nodular hyperplasia of the adrenal as a cause of Cushing’s syndrome is rare. Adrenal tumors, frequently causing syndromes such as hyperaldosteronism due to autonomous hormone secretion, have been described in patients with renal cysts. The aim was to describe the case of a female patient with diffuse adrenal hyperplasia, subclinical Cushing’s syndrome and renal cysts.A female patient aged 69 years presented with hyperplasia of the right adrenal...