Endocrine Abstracts

Cushing disease is defined by signs and simptoms of hypercortisolism due to augmented ACTH secretion from pituitary origin. It is very rare in pediatric age, with general incidence around 13 cases/1 000 000 persons/year.Case description: S.G.N, male, 14.5 years old, was brought for medical attention due to weight gain and weakness in the last 4 months. At physical examination, he presented with moon face, cervical acanthosis nigricans, hypertrichosis and...

Introduction: Graves’ disease treatment with antithyroid drugs may be associated to several side effects. Vasculitis development is rare.Clinical case: The authors present the history of a 41-year-old woman with Graves’ disease followed at endocrinology consultation since February 2004. Three years and a half after starting treatment with propilthiouracil (PTU), she developed eritematous and itching stains in the inferior limbs that spontaneous...