Endocrine Abstracts

A 44-year old male patient with HIV-1 stage C2 presented with intermittent fever and weight loss (10 kg in 3 months). He was being treated with tenofovir/emtricitabine and atazanavir, and had a CD4 levels of 705/mm3 and HIV viral load of 1400 copies/ml. Upon admission, the complete blood panel showed anaemia and thrombocytopenia (haemoglobin: 75 g/l, platelets: 98 G/l), normal white blood cell count, normal hepatic tests and renal function, normal electrolytes and a...

A 24-year old female patient was referred to the endocrinology department after discovery of a left adrenal tumor measuring 4×5 cm, on a CT-scan performed for recurrent back pain. She had a history of lower extremity lymph-oedema since the age of 13 years and juvenile xanthogranulomas operated at the age of 2 years. The tumor had a high density in native CT sequences (48 Hounsfield Units). MRI showed T1 iso-intensity and T2 hyper-intensity, as well as lymph nodes of the c...