Summary: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are monoclonal antibodies approved for the treatment of numerous cancer types. Toxicities induced by ICIs may affect any organ system and manifest as endocrinopathy. The main side effects related to treatment are immune-related adverse events (irAEs), especially thyroid dysfunction and hypophysitis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMetastases in the thyroid gland are very rare. Even the rarer are sarcoma metastases. A 52-year-old woman was referred to our department for evaluation of a nodule in the right lobe of the thyroid gland.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInhalation of fluticasone is usually devoid of systemic side-effects. The authors describe a case of a young HIV positive woman treated concomitantly with fluticasone and inhibitors of HIV protease ritonavir and lopinavir in which developed a serious endocrine side-effect - an iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome. Plasma concentration of cortisol < 5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA number of endocrine abnormalities develop in patients with HIV infection, although many are likely responses to infection, stress, and malnutrition. Others are due to infiltration of endocrine glands by tumor or infection. This article reviews adrenal, testicular, resp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFX-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC) is a rare developmental disorder associated with primary adrenal insufficiency and combined primary and secondary male hypogonadism. It is caused by deletions or mutations of the NR0B1 (DAX1) gene encoding DAX1, an atypical orphan member of the nuclear receptor superfamily. The continuous molecular genetic analysis of male patients with primary adrenal insufficiency revealed 13 novel mutations within the coding region of the NR0B1 gene which are predicted to inactivate the DAX1 function.
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