Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Esthesioneuroblastoma is an uncommon malignant neoplasm with an average 5-year survival rate of about 45%. Ectopic ACTH syndrome due to esthesioneuroblastoma is extremely rare and there have been very few cases reported.Case report: A 54-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with symptoms of leg edema and general fatigue of one month’s duration. Physical examination showed moon facies and edema on her lower extremities bilaterall...

Introduction: Hyperthyroidism has been described as a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension (PH) as well as systemic arteriovenous fistulas. However, we describe a case of pulmonary hypertension secondary to an intrathyroid arteriovenous fistula, not previously described in the literature.Case report: A 56 year old woman followed in our consultations with multinodular goiter and a long standing hyperthyroidism, secondary to Graves Basedow disease with dif...