Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To report a rare cause of ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secretion leading to Cushing syndrome.Methods: We describe the clinical presentation and management of a case of Cushing syndrome attributable to ectopic ACTH secretion from small cell cancer of the prostate.Results: In a 74-year-old man developed hypocalemia and heart failure. He was found to have severe hypokalemia (serum potassium, 2.37 mEq/l). Hormo...

Introduction: Myxedema coma is very rare and its mortality is quite high. It is even rarer to occur due to an immune checkpoint inhibitor.Case: A 69-year-old patient presented with complaints of dyspnea, fatigue, edema, and hypotension. He had diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and metastatic lung cancer diagnosis. Three weeks ago, he had taken the 10th cycle of atezolizumab for lung cancer, which he had been taking for 7 months. The patient’s body te...