Endocrine Abstracts

Primary adrenal insufficiency could be a rare manifestation of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and may be a consequence of bilateral adrenal hemorrhage. Rosai–Dorfman disease (RDD) is sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy, a rare histiocytic proliferative disorder with a distinctive microscopic appearance. The retro-peritoneum is an infrequent site of involvement as well as extranodal sites.We report a case of a 39-year-old female patient...

Distinguishing Cushing disease from pseudo-Cushing syndrome still remains a challenge, especially in some specific cases when absorption or compliance of dexamethasone used in diagnostical tests are questionable. Several versions of an intravenous (IV) test have been utilized and serve both in the initial and differential diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome.We report a 59-year-old patient with macroadenoma of pituitary gland (revealed accidentally on MR...

Incidentally discovered adrenal masses (incidentalomas) present challenges both in diagnosis and management. The bilateral adrenal mass carries a risk of hormone hypersecretion, but it could also present a metastasis from another primary carcinoma or be a part of genetic syndrome.We report a 68 year old patient with bilateral adrenal incidentalomas (revealed accidentally on US, confirmed by abdominal CT in 2015.) left 29 mm, right 33 mm in diameter, radi...

Introduction: Endocrinopathies are rare causes of erectile dysfunction and previously cases of hyperprolactinaemia and pituitary adenomas have been reported.Case report: We present the clinical case of a 27-year old male, married for 4 years with no children, presented with possible infertility and erectile dysfunction which was previously interpreted as caused by a poor social and psychological situation in the family. After additional endocrinological ...