Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Short stature is a common reason for pediatric endocrine evaluation and it can have a variety of causes, including constitutional, genetic short stature, dysmorphic syndromes, chronic illnesses and also endocrine disorders. Growth hormone deficiency accounts for 8% of the cases and it can be isolated or associated with other pituitary hormones deficiencies, congenital or acquired, such as in central nervous system tumors.Case report: A 15-y...

Craniopharyngiomas are rare, benign tumors, typically found in childhood or early adulthood, that can cause a wide range of symptoms such as visual impairment, headaches, nausea and endocrine disturbances. Ewing sarcoma, on the other hand, is a rare and aggressive tumor that arise from primitive neuroectodermal cells and represents about 10% of all pediatric osseous primary tumors. We present the case of a 14-year-old patient who was admitted to our clinic in March 2022 for ob...

Craniopharyngiomas are rare solid or mixed solid-cystic tumours. Although benign histologically, these tumours frequently shorten life and should be considered low-grade malignancies.We present the case of a 12-year-old boy diagnosed in 2008, at age 5, with a suprasellar tumour of 22/21/20 mm with mixed solid and cystic areas. The tumour was operated twice by left transfrontal approach in 2008 and right transfrontal approach in 2009. The pathology exam r...

IntroductionSilent corticotroph adenoma represent an uncommon subtype of nonfunctioning adenoma, immunoreactive for ACTH, without clinical or biochemical evidence of hypercortisolism and unclear pathogenesis. Usually, they present with local mass effect (visual deterioration being the most common) and endocrine dysfunctions. They carry a more aggressive behavior, particularly upon earlier recurrence.Case presentation<p class="a...