Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Sexual disorders 46 XY DSD are responsible for a range of phenotypic disorders, ranging from an ambiguous phenotype to a complete female phenotype. In this context, we report a cohort of 22 46 XY patients with a female phenotype in order to establish a phenotype-genotype correlation.Results: The average age at diagnosis was 15.5 years (E: 7 days-33 years). The reason for consultation was primary amenorrhea in 16 cases (72.7%), sexual ambigu...

Context: The effects of cabergoline on cardiac valves have been extensively studied in Parkinson’s disease and hyperprolactinemia but not in acromegaly, a condition at risk of cardiac valve abnormalities.Objective: We examined the prevalence of heart valve disease and regurgitation in a series of patients with acromegaly treated with cabergoline, by comparison with matched patients who had never received this drug.Design and s...