Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) during pregnancy is quite low. There have been a few anecdotal reports of NHL that arises from the thyroid gland.Case Report: A 28-year-old female patient presented with a neck swelling, pain and respiratory distress while she was in the 17th week of her first pregnancy. Subtotal thyroidectomy was performed and combined histological and immunohistochemical analyses led to the diagnosis of diffuse ...

Introduction: Primary Hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a frequent endocrine disease which requires surgical excision for definitive cure. Apart from genetic role in its pathogenesis, there are conflicting reports about role of immunomodulation in literature. In this context, we set out study the role of Pro- inflammatory cytokines in PHPT in South Indian population.Material and methods: This prospective case-control study was conducted on surgically managed...

Introduction: Taking a photograph of self alone or with a group called Selfie, has become modern day rage with spurt in smart phone technology. It has catapulted from a hobby in to psychiatric ailment, especially amongst teens and young adults. Though, it is considered as a psychiatric aberration keeping them aloof from social interactions, we observed an inadvertent advantage in this habit. In this context, we present some intriguing findings through this study.<p class="...

Background: Diagnosis of secondary adrenal insufficiency (SAI) during pregnancy is challenging due to physiological adaptations and progressive increase of cortisol level throughout the pregnancy (1). The 250-mg standard ACTH stimulation test (CST) is recommended for evaluation of adrenal hypofunction in pregnancy however, measurement of serum cortisol (SC) maybe misleading in patients with partial SAI. Furthermore, utility of salivary free cortisol (SaFC) (2) and serum DHEA-s...

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Introduction: Autoimmune disease is a rare event occurring after remission of Cushing’s syndrome. We report on the appearance of new onset vitiligo in a patient treated for Cushing disease due to a an invasive pituitary adenoma, after bilateral adrenalectomy.Case report: A 64-year-old man presented to our endocrinology clinic with progressive lumbar pain that had developed two months earlier. He had undergone bilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing&#146...

Background: Glucocorticoids have pleiotropic metabolic functions and acute glucocorticoid excess causes dramatic disruption of human metabolism. Whether glucocorticoids exert adipose tissue depot-specific effects on the nontargeted metabolome in unknown.Aim: Assess the nontargeted metabolome in the systemic circulation and in femoral adipose tissue-specific blood samples in response to physiological hyperinsulinaemia and acute hypercortisolaemia.<p c...

A 43-year-old roman, previously living in France was referred to the endocrinology department for Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism in 2017. Thyroid function was easily normalized by a treatment by thyroxine. She had also a medical history of severe alopecia since the age of 20. The diagnosis of androgenetic alopecia was made at that time by a French dermatologist and treatment by estradiol valerate 2 mg with cyproterone acetate (CPA) 50 mg was started. The dose of CPA was lower...

Case: A 42-year old woman was referred to the endocrinology department for polydipsia and polyuria of sudden onset one month prior to presentation. She drank between 8 and 10 litres of water per day and complained of thirst, asthenia and lighter menstruation under her usual oral contraceptive pill. In addition to contraception she took 50 μg of L-thyroxine for Hashimoto thyroïditis. She had also a medical history of pink-red cutaneous lesions evolving for more than 1...