Endocrine Abstracts

Carcinoid tumors (CT) seldom develop in the head and neck area. Several authors doubt the existence of authentic neuroendocrine tumors in the nose. Most of the CT arise in the larynx.Clinical case: A 54 years old woman, who had a right-sided nasal obstruction, rhinorrhea, and sometimes purulent discharge in 2016. In 2002 she had hyperthyroidism by Graves disease and treated for two years with remission after that. The examination of the nose revealed a d...

Introduction: Primary hyperaldosteronism (PH) is a cause of arterial hypertension (HT). The prevalence ranged from 1 to 15%. PH is associated with higher rates of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. PH is under-diagnosed. The aims were to know the prevalence of PH, the clinical and hormonal profiles, outcomes, and prognosis of our population.Material and Methods: A retrospective review of patients with primary hyperaldosteronism in our hospital in th...

A 40-year-old transfemale, regularly treated with oral estradiol (2 mg per day) and CPA (100 mg per day) for the last 15 years, presented with two asymptomatic intracranial lesions on compatible with meningiomas. Gender dysphoria since the age of 14, begins treatment in 2006. Paranoid schizophrenia at age 17. She referred to occasional headaches, without neurological defect. In the year 2013, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan revealed an expansive lesion over the sphenoi...