Endocrine Abstracts

Background: FHH is a genetically heterogeneous condition mimicking primary hyperparathyroidism at the difference of low urine calcium excretion. FHH types 1, 2, and 3 are due to loss-of-function mutations of the CASR, GNA11, or AP2S1 genes, respectively. FFH 3, the rarest of the 3, is usually associated to 3 recurrent mutations affecting the arginine residue in position 15. The clinical phenotype has not been well described. We report a new case striking by the neurological in...

Cushing’s syndrome during pregnancy is a rare disorder. A 32-year-old pregnant woman presented with Cushing’s syndrome. She had had a medical abortion complicated with bleeding for anencephaly by 15 weeks of her first pregnancy. At the beginning of her second pregnancy, typical clinical signs of Cushing syndrome developed: extensive red stretch marks on the abdomen and thighs, excessive weight gain (24 kg over 17 weeks) and high blood pressure (150/90 mmHg). By week ...

The aim of this retrospective study was to compare the long-term evolution of adrenal insufficiency (AI) due to bilateral adrenal surgery (S) or medical cause (M).Seventy AI patients (mean age 41±16 years; 60% female, similar in both groups) were followed during a mean 6-year period (2–16); 38 were AI after bilateral adrenalectomy (60% Cushing), 32 AI of medical origin (62% polyglandular autoimmune syndrome). BMI, blood pressure (BP), fasting b...

Lipodystrophy (LD) and obesity are opposites in terms of a deficiency versus excess of adipose tissue mass, yet these conditions are accompanied by similar metabolic consequences. VAT has not been well quantified in LD. The aim of this study was to compare the metabolic profile and VAT in different kinds of LD. Six-eight adult patients (45 females) referred for LD were classified in four groups: 23 LMNA-mutated patients (LMNA), 14 non-mutated related to the LMNA-...

The aim of this retrospective study was to compare the long-term metabolic evolution of a cohort of patients treated for adrenal insufficiency (AI), and the best biological parameters of a good balance.Seventy patients with AI (mean age 41 years (±16); 60% female) were followed during a median 6-year period (2–16 years): 38 after bilateral adrenalectomy (60% Cushing) and 32 after AI of medical origin (62% polyglandular autoimmune syndrome). BMI...

Introduction: Few studies to date have attempted to evaluate the early efficacy of first-generation somatostatin analogs in somatotroph macroadenomas.Objective: To investigate the short-term efficacy of primary therapy with lanreotide 120 mg on tumor shrinkage and ophthalmologic symptoms in newly diagnosed patients with acromegaly.Design and patients: This single-center retrospective study included 21 patients who were newly diagno...