Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adrenocortical oncocytomas are rare seen tumours. Most of these tumours are benign and non-functioning. We present here a case of oncocytic adrenocortical tumour, detected incidentally, presented with Cushing’s syndrome.Case: A 41-year-old male patient, while investigating for abdominal pain, bilateral adrenal masses were detected in abdominal ultrasonography and was admitted to Endocrinology Clinic. He had no history of hypertension. ...

Background: Hypokalemia is a chronic condition in primary aldosteronism (PA) and hypokalemia symptoms usually can be tolerated by the patients. Hypokalemic periodic paralysis due to primary aldosteronism is rarely reported. We reported two cases of hypokalemic paralysis due to primary aldosteronism.Case 1: A 33-year-old male admitted to the emergency service with fatigue, numbness, progressive weakness in his legs and arms for 2 months. He had a hyperten...

Background: Postoperative severe polyuria is a rare condition after adrenal pheochromocytoma resection. We presented this case due to its rarity.Case: A 50-year-old women admitted to emergency service with malaise and fatigue complaint. The patient was using triple antihypertensive combination that started 10 years ago. Her medical history included cerebrovascular event due to hypertension 5 years ago. In physical examination her BMI was 20 kg/m2</s...

Introduction: Most common two causes of primary hyperaldosateronism are bilateral idiopathic hyperplasia and aldosteron secreting adenoma but unilateral adrenal hyperplasia is a rare cause. We presented a primary hyperaldosteronism case that caused by unilateral adrenal hyperplasia.Case: A 56-year-old male admitted to endocrinology policlinic with complaints of polydipsia, polyuria, fatigue and muscle wasting. He had hypertension for 4 years. In physical...

Introduction: Oncocytic (Hurthle cell) carcinoma is consisted of <5% of thyroid cancer but most metastasizing cancer type among differentiated thyroid cancer. We presented an oncocytic carcinoma with sternum metastasis.Case: A 68-year-old women admitted to endocrinology policlinic with complaint of a mass in her neck. She was diagnosed hyperthyroidism and she was using thionamid for 6 months. Her medical history revealed hypertension for 3 years and ...