Endocrine Abstracts

Diabetes in paraneoplastic Cushing is often severe with a risk of acute metabolic complications.Observation n° 1: A 36-year-old patient, with no medical history, was hospitalized for inaugural diabetic ketoacidosis with no intercurrent infection. The physical examination found facio-truncal obesity, amyotrophy of extremities, melanoderma, arterial hypertension and severe psychiatric disorders. The blood tests showed an hypokalemia at 1.9 mmol/l. Hig...