Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a hallmark of the metabolic syndrome and has been shown to be an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality. Although glucocorticoids and growth hormone are known to be implicated in its pathophysiology, it has only rarely been investigated in the context of patients with pituitary insufficiency or former cortisol excess.Design: Case-control study, including patients with biochemically control...

A 22-year-old woman presented with weight gain (class I obesity), oligomenorrhea, impaired vision, and altered concentration. With suspected craniopharyngeoma she was treated with transcranial surgery; in fact for a suprasellar haemangioma. Post-operatively, she still presented an alteration in appetite with hyperphagia and excessive weight gain up to class III obesity. This syndrome is described as ‘hypothalamic obesity’ and results from any damage to the ventromedi...

Recent studies have reported a high prevalence of USP8 mutations in corticotroph adenomas causing Cushing’s disease. Nelson’s syndrome is a potentially life-threatening complication of bilateral adrenalectomy in patients with refractory Cushing’s disease that is caused by the development of an ACTH-secreting tumor in the pituitary gland. Whether USP8 alterations are also present in Nelson’s tumors has not been studied in detail so far....