Endocrine Abstracts

Osteoporosis is a skeletal condition of low bone mass and increased risk of fractures and occurs most commonly in postmenopausal women. Severe osteoporosis is characterised by the presence of fragility fractures and high mortality and morbidity. We present the case of a 21-year-old female with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHP) who, despite her young age, surprisingly presented with severe osteoporosis. The 21-year-old female was hospitalised due to a recurrent flare of Still&#...

Background: The combination of a toxic adenoma and Graves’ disease compose the Marine-Lenhart syndrome. This condition is estimated to occur in 0.8-2.7% of Graves’ disease patients and only few cases are reported in the literature.Patient findings: A 29-year-old female patient was referred to our outpatient clinic due to subclinical hyperthyroidism and a newly discovered thyroid nodule on the right thyroid lobe. She had no thyreotoxic symptoms ...

Background: The combination of a toxic adenoma and Graves’ disease compose the Marine-Lenhart syndrome. It is estimated to occur in 0.8–2.7% of Graves’ disease and only few are reported.Case presentation: A 29-year old female was referred to our clinic due to subclinical hyperthyroidism and a newly discovered thyroid nodule on the right thyroid lobe. She had no thyreotoxic symptoms and the clinical examination was unremarkable. The blood t...