Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Ectopic parathyroid adenoma is a rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism, it accounts for 10% of parathyroid adenomas.Observation: A 56 years old man with no past medical history developed sudden acute renal failure after few weeks of fatigability, polydypsia and emesis. Hypercalcemia of 4.20 mmol/l (2.2–2.5 mmol/l), serum creatinine of 306 mmol/l, hypophospatemia 0.72 mmol/l (0.80–1.5 mmol/l) and high alkaline phosphatase 205 I...

Introduction: The carcinoid heart disease is an uncommon valvular heart disease that may occur in carcinoid syndrome.Valvulopathy is reported in 50% to 70% of patients of carcinoid syndrome, due to the release of serotonin secreted by metastatic cells in the liver, reaching directly right side of heart. The left side is preserved because of inactivation of serotonin by lung parenchyma. Hypoxemia is an unusual presentation of the carcinoid heart disease.C...

Objective: Maxillofacial manifestations of acromegaly are well described (prognathism, inter-dental space enlargement, occlusion disorder, macroglossia, prominent cheekbones…) [1] but the dental and periodondal impact of this disease has been poorly investigated. The scientific literature on this topic is scarce, with controversies about gingival and cement enlargement. Our goal is to describe the oro-dental state of these patients as precisely as possible and to study t...