Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (PBMAH) is a rare cause of Cushing’s syndrome and is more often diagnosed as bilateral adrenal incidentalomas with subclinical cortisol production. It is mainly a heterogeneous disease, but familial cases have been reported. Treatment of PBMAH with overt Cushing’s syndrome is usually bilateral adrenalectomy with unilateral adrenalectomy occasionally used to normalize urinary free cortisol (UFC) in patie...

Introduction: Familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia (FDH) is a familial autosomal dominant condition that was first reported in 1979. It is caused by a mutant albumin molecule with an increased affinity for serum thyroxine (T4), despite the serum albumin level being normal. FDH causes increase in total T4 and T3 level with normal TSH level. As FDH patients are clinically euthyroid and asymptomatic, they do not require treatment.Case report: 68-year-o...