Endocrine Abstracts

A 17 year old phenotypically female Middle Eastern patient presented with a short history of abdominal pain. Laparotomy and biopsy confirmed extensive mixed germ cell tumour with yolk sac elements. After referral to London, remission was achieved with 6 cycles of Bleomycin, Etoposide and Cisplatinum (alpha feta protein decreasing from 12 714 to 5 milli units per litre). Examination revealed short stature, absent pubertal development and primary amenorrhoea. She had palmar, buc...