Endocrine Abstracts

Case history: A 28 year-old male of British origin was referred with a one-year history of a left-sided chest mass and an abnormal chest X-ray. He was otherwise fit and well, had a past medical history of vitiligo and had no relevant family history. His physical examination revealed some hypopigmented spots on his skin, several tattoos across his back and a firm mass on his left upper chest, which was mildly tender on palpation. He had no other palpable masses.<p class="ab...

Case history: We report a 38 year-old Caucasian woman with classical salt wasting congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) who increasingly omitted medication in adolescence and eventually spent over 10 years without any adrenal replacement therapy or adrenal crises and became lost to follow up. When seen, she complained of increasing abdominal girth, fatigue, hirsutism, had type 2 diabetes, had never had a romantic/sexual relationship and was amenorrhoeic. Examination revealed ab...