Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Angiomyolipomas are rare mesenchymal tumours arising from the perivascular epithelioid cells. They are benign endocrinologically inactive tumours with a histological structure consisting of variable amounts of adipose, thick-walled blood vessels and smooth muscle cells. Commonly, angiomyolipomas occur in the kidney with few extra renal case reports in adrenals.Case Report: We report the case of a 76-year-old-man with personal history of hyp...

We report the case of a 34-year-old woman with a personal history of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) since she was 9 years old. Very poor chronic metabolic control stands out despite multiple insulin schemes with multiple complications: nephropathy, retinopathy and peripheral neuropathy. She was admitted to the hospitalization floor due to diabetic ketoacidosis. At admission Hba1c of 15.3%. During admission after treatment with IV insulin, improvement in glycemic control. Nine ...

Introduction: Non-functioning pituitary adenomas are relatively common. A large number of these tumors are asintomathic pituitary microadenomas, that are increasingly detected because of sensitive imaging techniques improves. Those tumors that require treatment are generally macroadenomas and come to medical attention because of mass effect (visual field defects, headache, …) and/or hypopituitarism.Objective: To assess non-functioning pituitary ade...

Introduction: Dulaglutide (Trulicity®) is a long-acting GLP-1 agonist that received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in 2014. Dulaglutide is a large sized molecule, which limits its renal clearance. This allows for once weekly dosing; which might improve patient compliance significantly. Extensive Phase III study data have been published with regard to dulaglutide, much of which was part of the AWARD studies, which provide evidence for its use in ...

Introduction: Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is the most common congenital abnormality causing primary hypogonadism. KS has a tendency for hypercoagulability.Case report: A 48 year old man diagnosed as having KS during the sterility test was admitted to our hospital emergency department after suffering a syncopal episode at work. He complained of difficulty breathing during the last two weeks and he was receiving bronchodilator therapy. He had suffered deep v...