Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Central diabetes insipidus is a rare disorder, characterized by a failure of the posterior pituitary to produce vasopressin that lead to hypotonic polyuria and polydipsia. Diabetes insipidus may be due to post-pituitary surgery, where sometimes the posterior lobe also has to be removed or damaged; other injury as fractures of the skull, trauma, infiltrative lesions, tumors/metastases, idiopathic or rare genetic causes. As the sensation of thirst is the key homeos...

We present a rare association of ovarian carcinoid and virilization. A 65-year-old woman presented with a 9 years history of obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, stable angina, evaluated ambulatory for a postmenopausal virilization syndrome and flushes, with high testosterone and 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17OHP) levels without suppression during the 2×2 mg DXM test, normal gynecological evaluations with no tumor formation involving uterus, ovaries and adrenals at the pelvic...

Primary hyperparathyroidism can be caused by adenoma, adenocarcinoma, parathyroid hyperplasia or ectopic parathyroid glands. The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Guidelines for Definitive Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism recommends imaging as a helping tool in locating the causative lesion rather than a must for diagnosis. Experienced surgeons rely on the intraoperative localisation of the lesion. Pre surgery localisation helps for a minimally invasive appro...