Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Dysgonosomies are abnormalities of the number of gonosomes X and Y. They have fewer Phenotypic repercussions than the aneuploidies involving autosomes, and are mostly viable. The 47 XYY are generally boys with normal phenotype. The prevalence is around 1 per 1000 birth boy but undoubtedly under diagnosed given the often normal phenotype associated with this chromosomal formula, in addition to the lack of large-scale studies. There is no gonadal dysgenesis and oft...

The commonest site of metastasis from papillary carcinoma is regional lymph nodes. Distant metastases are rare, most presenting synchronously. Brain metastases in papillary carcinoma are rare, reported with a frequency of 0.1–5% and cavernous sinus metastasis is extremely rare.Case report: A 62-year-old woman presented with a history of non-secretory pituitary macroadenoma present with symptoms of hypopituitarism. MRI of the brain revealed a 4.5&#21...

Introduction: Pituitary abscess (PA) is a rare accounting for 0,2-1% of all sellar lesions, it is generally classified as primary or secondary according to their etiopathogenesis. Case: A 20-year-old female with a history of vulvitis a year ago, dental abscesses on multiple dental caries who presented 05 months ago with intracranial hypertension syndrome in a febrile context. One-month later amenorrhea sets in as well as polyuropolydeptic syndrome, hormo...

Introduction: Pituitary adenoma and meningioma are the most benign tumors in the central nervous system (meningioma 35,9%, pituitary tumor: 15,5%). Pituitary adenoma associated with meningioma without a history of radiotherapy is extremely rare.Case: A 70 years old man operated for post-traumatic subdural hematoma in whom the brain MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) had also shown a macroadenoma, completed with an MRI of the sellar region which were confir...

Background: Hypophysitis is a rare pathology its symptoms and radiological signs are non-specificy making its diagnosis difficultCase Description: A 62-year-old Women, mother of 5 children, with a History of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism. During a period of fasting, the patient presented with profound asthenia, a tendency to hypotension. A severe hyponatremia at 119 mmol/l was diagnosed. The patient received urgent treatment. The hormonal biol...

Background: Pituitary apoplexy (PA) is a rare neuroendocrine emergency due to acute ischemic infarction or hemorrhage of the pituitary gland. We report a case of apoplexy manifesting with isolated ophtalmoplégia.Case description: We report the case of a 48-year-old man with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia. Consult a private ophthalmologist following the sudden appearance of double vision and sagging of the right...

Background: The presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism has changed radically over 30 years. Indeed, currently, asymptomatic forms which represented around a quarter are now estimated at 80% of cases.Case description: We report the case of a 57-year-old women, postmenopausal for 10 years, who presented following a fall from height with a triple pathological fracture (the left humeral head and the two upper ends of the femurs). Surgical treatment was ...