Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Bisphosphonates (BP) have been employed for many years and have demonstrated an excellent safety profile. Nevertheless, severe osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) have been described in patients with bone metastases that were treated with BP for many years.Case: A 72 year old female with breast cancer and bone metastases treated with quadrantectomy, axillary lymph node dissection, radiotherapy, tamoxifen and pamidronate 90 mg/month. Two years la...

Riedel Thyroiditis is a rare form of infiltrative and fibrotic disease of the thyroid that is characterized by compressive symptoms resulting from a rapidly enlarging goiter. The association with Graves Thyroiditis and autoimmune diseases is very rare. The aim of this presentation is to report a patient with asymptomatic Riedel Thyroiditis associated with Thyroid Storm and Polyglandular Autoimmune Disease. A 54-year-old female patient with recent diagnosis of Grave’s Dise...

Thyroid storm (TS) is a rare and life threatening condition that requires a prompt recognition and treatment. The clinical features may overlap with other acute medical conditions. Currently both Akamizu Criteria (JTA) and Burch and Wartofsky Scale (BW) are helpful diagnostics tools.Objective: To evaluate TS patients according to currently available criteria and to identify the clinical features and outcomes.Methods: A single cente...

Thyroid storm (TS) is a rare but life-threatening manifestation of thyrotoxicosis.Objective: To describe the clinical features and outcomes of patients admitted for TS according to Burch-Wartofsky’s score (BW).Methods: A retrospective review of subjects admitted to a single hospital from 2009 through 2015 was conducted.Results: 15 cases were identified. Etiology: autoimmune (n=8), factitious (<e...

Hyperandrogenism and virilization are infrecuent in postmenopausal women and may result from androgen-producing tumors. Androgen-secreting adrenal tumors are rare in clinical practice and often diagnosed as adrenocortical carcinoma, while benign androgen-secreting adrenal tumors are even more rare.Case presentation: A 63-year-old postmenopausal woman in follow-up for hypothyroidism reported hair loss, increased libido accompanied by deepening of the voic...