Endocrine Abstracts

Among hypertensive population, almost 10% have primary hyperaldosteronism. In these cases, most abnormalities are related to hypokaliemia with progressive or acute onset of the symptoms.We present the case of 34-year-old male patient, without significant pathological history, with a sudden neurological episode, dominated by tetraplegia and mild elevated blood pressure. Extremely low values of serum potassium are found. Diabetes mellitus is also discovere...

Introduction: Cystic lesions of the adrenals are rare and they may develop asymptomatically for a long period of time. Females seem to be more affected and lesion is typically unilateral.Aim: We report a case of young female case incidentally found with a large adrenal pure cystic mass.Case data: A 24-year non-smoking female patient with regular menses since the age of 14 complained of mild abdominal pain for a few days without cor...

Introduction: Paraneoplastic Cushing’ syndrome (CS) represents 5–10% of all CS and has a severe prognosis due to severe metabolic imbalance, denutrition, associated infections, and progression of tumoural underlying pathology.A 67 years old woman presented with mental confusion, progressive weight loss, severe oedema and kypokalaemia, without typical features of Cushing or hyperpigmentation. Investigations revealed paraneoplastic Cushing’s...