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ea0090ep347 | Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition | ECE2023

“We must always think that there may be something else”. Cushing’s disease and a rare partial hereditary lipodystrophy type 6 associated with retinos pigmentosis, coexistence of both diseases in a single patient

Rodriguez Pilar , Lopez Valverde Maria Eugenia , Del Can Diego Jesus

Lipodystrophic syndromes are a heterogeneous group of usually rare disorders, which have in common the selective and irreversible deficiency of adipose tissue in the absence of nutritional deprivation or catabolic state. Clinically, they are characterized by insulin resistance, related to a state of hypoleptinemia, with manifestations such as polycystic ovarian syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus, severe hypertriglyceridemia, and steatohepatitis among their most frequent metabo...

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ea0037ep1342 | Clinical Cases–Thyroid/Other | ECE2015

VIPoma: an unusual cause of electrolyte disturbance

Boj-Carceller Diana , Alvarez-Ballano Diego , Lopez-Valverde Maria Eugenia , Perez-Fernandez Leticia , Lardies-Sanchez Beatriz , Azcona-Monreal Isabel , Sanz-Paris Alejandro , Acha-Perez Javier

Introduction: Vasoactive intestinal peptide-producing tumours (VIPomas) represent a rare type of neuroendocrine tumour whose incidence is 1 in 10 million per year. Most are located in the pancreas. They cause diffuse watery (secretory) diarrhoea, hypokalaemia and achlorhydria and also appear as an uncommon cause of hypercalcaemia.Case report A 69-year-old female with previous diagnosis of a non-functioning neuroendocrine pancreatic tumour (20...

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“We must always think that there may be something else”. Cushing’s disease and a rare partial hereditary lipodystrophy type 6 associated with retinos pigmentosis, coexistence of both diseases in a single patient

VIPoma: an unusual cause of electrolyte disturbance

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