Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction/ objectives: Turner syndrome (TS) comprises a group of sex chromosomal abnormalities of heterogeneous clinical presentation. During the infant period, the pediatric endocrinologist coordinates their follow-up and it is important to ensure its continuation during the adult stage. The objective of this study is to know the current clinical situation, occupational, educational, social and medical monitoring of patients affected TS in Tenerife.M...

Introduction: Hypophysary aneurysms are rare, they account for 1% to 2% of all intracranial aneurysms (1) and can be mistaken for pituitary adenomas, since they can have similar symptoms and even radiological signs especially if it’s an aneurysm completely thrombosed as angiography will show only avascular mass (2).Clinical case: A 84 year old female with past medical history of hypertension, dyslipidemia and depressive disorder, presents to emergen...

Introduction: Esthesioneuroblastoma is an uncommon malignant neoplasm with an average 5-year survival rate of about 45%. Ectopic ACTH syndrome due to esthesioneuroblastoma is extremely rare and there have been very few cases reported.Case report: A 54-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with symptoms of leg edema and general fatigue of one month’s duration. Physical examination showed moon facies and edema on her lower extremities bilaterall...

Introduction: Hyperthyroidism has been described as a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension (PH) as well as systemic arteriovenous fistulas. However, we describe a case of pulmonary hypertension secondary to an intrathyroid arteriovenous fistula, not previously described in the literature.Case report: A 56 year old woman followed in our consultations with multinodular goiter and a long standing hyperthyroidism, secondary to Graves Basedow disease with dif...