Endocrine Abstracts

The optimum approach to long-term follow-up of well differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) remains unclear. We assessed the outcome of DTC patients followed in primary care (PrC) from Edmonton, AB with tertiary care (TrC) settings from Halifax, NS and London, ON. Patients who met the following criteria were identified: a) Initial diagnosis between January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2011, b) primary tumourA total of 317 patients, (PrC=93 and TrC=2...

The optimum approach to long-term follow-up of well differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) remains unclear. We assessed the outcome of DTC patients followed in primary care (PrC) from Edmonton, AB with tertiary care (TrC) settings from Halifax, NS and London, ON. Patients who met the following criteria were identified: a) Initial diagnosis between January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2011, b) primary tumourA total of 317 patients, (PrC=93 and TrC=2...

Introduction: Cryptorchidism is unilateral or bilateral absence of the testes from the scrotum. One of the differential diagnosis is congenital bilateral anorchia. Vanishing testes syndrome is associated with low serum AMH concentrations and an absent or subnormal response to stimulation with hCG. We report the case of a 22-year-old boy diagnosted with bilateral cryptorchidism and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism at the age of 17 years old. At the time of diagnosis the scrotum w...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism is typically caused by a parathyroid adenoma (80-85% of the cases). Very rare causes are represented by parathyroid carcinoma and atypical parathyroid adenoma (0.5-1.5% of the cases). Atypical parathyroid adenomas have atypical histological features, not sufficient to be considered a carcinoma, and have an uncertain malignant potential and risk of recurrence. We report the case of a 66-year-old man referred from another medical center ...

Background: The rapid advancements in the field of allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) and better management of acute postprocedural complications have led to increased life expectancy, but at the same time to higher incidences of long-term complications. Conditioning regimens (chemotherapy, total body irradiation), immunosuppresive treatments and immune dysregulation threaten endocrine and metabolic functions, leading to late effects, including hypog...

Cushing’s syndrome, whether it is ACTH-dependent or ACTH-independent, causes many complications due to chronic exposure of tissues to a glucocorticoid excess. Some of these are arterial hypertension, obesity, osteoporosis, coagulopathies, impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes. We present a case of Cushing’s syndrome diagnosed in a 64-year-old female that was referred to the Endocrinology Department from the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department due to mul...

Combination of Turner syndrome (TS) and classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is rare worldwide. Incidence of CAH - autosomal recessive disorders characterized by enzyme defect of steroidogenic pathway, of which 90% ocuurs in the CYP21A2 gene coding 21-hydroxylase is 1:10000-16000. Incidencie of Turner syndrome is 1:2500 worldwide. Phenotypically, females with TS may present with a wide spectrum of clinical features. They may exhibit short stature, virilization, prema...