Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Postpartum infarction of the anterior pituitary, known as Sheehan’s syndrome, is a rare cause of hypopituitarism. In many cases, the hormones deficiency is sequential which implies late diagnoses.Case Report 1: A 51-year-old woman was observed because her mother had medullary thyroid carcinoma. She had no evidence of endocrine neoplasia. Nevertheless, she was experiencing fatigue, hair loss and dry skin for several months. Her history ...

Introduction: Ectopic Cushing syndrome caused by a neuroendocrine tumor is uncommon and it’s diagnosis is often delayed. Optic neuritis is another rare disease, with some cases also associated to neuroendocrine tumors.Case-report: A 43-year-old female was referred to the endocrinology outpatient’s department due to obesity. She had a past history of bilateral optic neuritis of unknown etiology. She complained of weight gain, hair loss, acne, hi...

Introduction: Hypopituitarism is a clinical syndrome of deficiency in growth hormone (GHD) production, which can occur isolated or associated with others pituitary defects. GHD has an incidence of 1:4000 to 1:10 000. It may be idiopathic, congenital or acquired.Purpose: Characterize the paediatric population with GHD followed at the Paediatric Endocrinology Unit of our centre and compare the clinical presentation and treatment response of the patients wi...