[Current aspect of Sheehan's syndrome. 20 cases].

The 20 women investigated were 22 to 59 years old (average 35.9 +/- 2.3 years) when the diagnosis of Sheehan's syndrome was confirmed.

[Parathyroid adenoma disclosed by a cold nodule on thyroid scintigraphy. 2 cases].

Two unusual cases of parathyroid adenoma were diagnosed in different circumstances. In the first case, pathological examination of a thyroid lobectomy specimen disclosed a large parathyroid adenoma. In the second case, the association of clinical and biological manifestations of hyperparathyroidism with a "cold" nodule of the right lobe suggested the diagnosis which was confirmed by surgery and pathological examination.

[Hyperandrogenism due to adrenal enzyme deficiency: possibility of pregnancy. Five cases (author's transl)].

Five women suffering from hyperandrogenism due to adrenal enzyme deficiency, with various clinical symptoms and discovered at a more or less early stage, had a total of 7 pregnancies. 21-hydroxylase was deficient in three, and 11-beta-hydroxylase in two women. The pregnancies occured 6 months to 10 years after corticosteroid treatment was started in four cases, and after it was discontinued in a case of partial deficiency in 11-beta-hydroxylase.