Endocrine Abstracts

Pituitary apoplexy (PA) is an endocrine emergency characterized by acute, severe headache, visual disturbances, ophthalmoplegia, hypopituitarism and altered consciousness. This condition usually arises in an underlying pituitary adenoma. 27-year-old female without a known pitutary lesion presented to the emergency department in December 2015 with a 8-hour history of with sudden and severe frontal headache, fever, blurred vision, nausea, confusion at 36 weeks of gestation. The ...

Introduction: Although dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitores are generally safe and are associated with less side effects compared to other oral antidiabetic medications, they could also be associated with some side effects including skin rash. Herein we report the first case of a type 2 diabetes patient who developed a painfull maculopapular rash induced by linagliptin, a widely used DPP-4 inhibitor.Case presentation: A-54-year old female patient w...