Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Isolated Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Deficiency (IGD) is a rare disease with a wide spectrum of reproductive and non- reproductive clinical characteristics and is mainly characterized by hypogonadotropic hypogonadism with anosmia (Kallmann Syndrome) or normal olfactory function (Normosmic Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism- nIHH). Apart from the phenotypic heterogeneity IGD is also highly genetically heterogeneous with >35 genes impli...

Background: Preexisting chronic autoimmune thyroiditis is the only known risk factor for thyroid lymphomas, a rare variant of thyroid cancer. Here, we describe a male patient with previously undiagnosed Hashimoto’s thyroiditis who presented with severe airway compromise due to a thyroid lymphoma.Case report: 60 y/o, former smoker, presented with 2 month neck fullness and dyspnea that awakened him throughout the night due to malpositioning of his nec...