Endocrine Abstracts

Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome (PSIS) is a rare clinical entity characterised by an absent or thin pituitary stalk, hypoplasia of the anterior pituitary gland, and ectopic location of the posterior pituitary on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Presentation is on early childhood or puberty and the most common hormonal deficiencies are growth hormone (GH) and gonadotropines. We present the case of a 28-year-old female patient who consulted after 2 years in secondary amen...

Introduction: Papillary microcarcinomas tirodieos (MCT) are tumours less than or equal to centimeter size, mostly indectectables in the clinic and found incidentally after a thyroidectomy performed for another reason, management is under discussion and its prevalence is increased ~30%, it is believed that the increased use of thyroid ultrasound.Review: 16 patients with MCT in a province of southern Spain and evaluate the clinical and prognostic variables...

Introduction: In the geographical area of southern Spain, in the province of Huelva, we have detected prevalent cases of Dunnigan’s partial hereditary lipodystrophy. The genealogy, the suspicion phenotype and the coordination with the Genetics Service and Reference center, have borne fruit, and more and more families are detected in Our Area. The lipodystrophies, in general, are rare diseases that affect the adipose tissue, disappearance of it in different parts of the bo...