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...

Acute suppurative thyroiditis is a rare disease because thyroid gland is highly resistant to infection. The most common predisposing factor is the presence of a piriform fistula. We report an unusual case of hyperthyroidism caused by AST.A 27-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because she presented a painful swelling in the left thyroid gland with fevers. Laboratory test showed a white leukocyte count of 14 000/μl, a CRP level of 251 mg/l, ...

A 63-year-old woman was referred by her cardiologist because of rapid growth of an anterior cervical mass. The patient had a history of severe vascular atherosclerotic disease, requiring multiple prosthetic vascular surgery, among which thoracic aorta surgery, atrial fibrillation requiring coumadin and chronic respiratory failure. On admission, the patient presented with a 7 cm firm mass, regularly growing for 2 months, adherent to the cervical skin, highly suggestive of thyro...