Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The occurrence of primary pituitary tumour and cerebral schwannoma in the same person is very rare. Only few cases have been reported so far. The mechanism of this association is still unclear.Aim: Our aim is to report a man with two different brain tumours: a prolactinoma and a cerebellopontine schwannoma in order to discuss the possible mechanism of multiple neoplasms arising in the same person.Case report: A man ag...

Introduction: Acromegaly is a relatively rare disease with numerous complications. Our aim is to look for visceral abnormalities and tumour development in subjects with GH and insuIin like GH (or IGF1) excess.Subjets and methods: It is a retro-and prospective study that takes in account 112 patients at diagnosis, with pur pituitary tumours secreting GH, or mixed tumours secreting prolactin and GH diagnosed between 1980 and 2012. They all were questioned ...

Introduction: Generously supported by IPSEN)-->Pituitary tumours are known to cause headaches and visual troubles by compressing pituitary adjacent structures. Pressure on more distant structures is exceptional. In very large tumours such as prolactinomas, mixed adenomas or craniopharyngiomas, hydrocephalus, convulsions, memory troubles and even unconsciousness can be observed, but to our best knowledge motor deficits, such as hemipl...

Introduction: Adrenal metastases due to thyroid cancers deemed to very rare as adrenal glands are not a common site of metastases from thyroid cancer. When the phenomenon occurs the prognosis is very poor as adrenal metastases usually do not fix radioactive iodine. Our aim is to report three cases.Case reports: No. 1: a woman aged 57 harbouring anaplastic thyroid cancer classified T4, N1, M0, consulted for back pain, severe fatigue and skin pigmentation....

Introduction: Prolactinomas are more invasive in males. Giant ones (height ≥4 cm) are relatively rare in literature.Our aim is to analyze their frequency, their radiological aspects, and their neurological, endocrine and ophthalmological complications.Methods: All of them had clinical exam, hormonal, ophthalmological, and radiological assessment based on cerebral MRI. Mixed adenomas were excluded. Positive diagnosis was based...

Introduction: Nowadays, thyroid Ultrasound (US) is a reference exam and the best way for detection, diagnosis and monitoring of thyroid nodules suspect of malignancy. It allows selection of suspicious thyroid nodules for malignancy.Our aim was to assess contribution of this exam using the TI-RADS score in order to establish the correlation with cytological results.Materials and methods: A prospective study of 395 pati...

Introduction: Nowadays, thyroid Ultrasound (US) is a reference exam and the best way for detection, diagnosis and monitoring of thyroid nodules suspect of malignancy. It allows selection of suspicious thyroid nodules for malignancy.Our aim was to assess contribution of this exam using the TI-RADS score in order to establish the correlation with cytological results.Materials and methods: A prospective study of 395 pati...

Introduction: Pituitary apoplexy is a rare endocrine emergency characterized by the sudden onset of severe headaches, vomiting, visual abnormalities and pituitary dysfunction secondary to an acute hemorrhage or infarction within a pituitary adenoma.Subjects and methods: We report a retrospective study from 2000 to 2014 of 23 cases with pituitary apoplexy. Their mean age was 38.7 years ±10 years, with a male to female ratio of 2:1. All patients benef...

Introduction: Primary thyroid lymphomas (PTL) are rare tumors, accounting for 2.5% of all non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas and fewer than 2% of all malignant thyroid tumors. Primary thyroid’s Burkitt lymphoma represents a very unusual type of PTL. Only very few cases of primary thyroid’s Burkitt lymphoma have been reported during pregnancy.Observation: We present a 30 years old female patient who developed a rapidly enlarging painless neck mass. Th...

Introduction: Bilateral adrenal tumours are rare and account for 10–15% of adrenal lesions. They can be infectious, inflammatory, tumour, hémmoragiques, and genetic. The clinical and imaging used to guide diagnosis.Aim: Assess clinical, etiologic, and therapeutic characteristics of bilateral adrenal masses.Population and methodology: This is a retrospective study of the records of patients with bilateral adrenal masses co...