Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a common endocrine disorder most commonly caused by a single adenoma of the parathyroid gland and rarely related to ectopic thymic parathyroid adenoma.Observation: 1st case: we report a case of a 46-year-old woman, diagnosed with PHPT. Scintigraphy concluded to a left inferior parathyroid adenoma. She underwent a focal parathyroid surgery and the adenoma was located in the thymus. The histopa...

Introduction: Precocious puberty (PP) is a rare pathology involving approximatively 0.2% of girls and less than 0.05% of boys and is defined as the appearance of secondary sex characteristics before 8 years of age in girls and before 9 years of age in boys. We report an unusual case of a patient who presents a precocious puberty associated to a primary adrenal insufficiency.Case presentation: We describe a case of a 7-year and 4 months old girl referred ...

Non-secreting pituitary adenomas (NSPA) are relatively rare benign tumors their prognosis depends essentially on their endocrine and ophthalmological repercussions the aim of our study is to outline their clinical, biological, radiological aspects, and the therapeutic choice.Methods: Retrospective study of 17 patients with non secreting pituitary adenomas.Results: We identified 17 patients with NSPA split into 12 women and 5 men wi...