A STUDY OF UNUSUAL ENDOCRINE DISTURBANCES; THEIR ASSOCIATED MYOPATHIES, ENDOCRINE BALANCE AND METABOLISM FINDINGS

In a series of cases studied at the U. S. Army General Hospital No. 41, Fox Hills, Staten Island, N. Y., over a period of five months, such interesting manifestations were noted from an endocrinologic and myopathic standpoint, that their publication seems warranted. REPORT OF CASES Case 1. — An advanced instance of polyglandular disturbance, characterized by a dystrophia adiposo-genitalis, precipitated by influenza, associated with a muscular dystrophy, and unusual reactions of the vegetative nervous system. A consideration of the endocrine balance and the metabolism findings is of unusual interest . C. G., white, aged 27 years, was a motorman and rancher by prewar occupation. Habits: Alcoholic beverages indulged in moderately. Used tobacco. He smoked about a dozen cigarettes daily; a pipe occasionally. Family History. —Father living and well; mother dead of unknown cause; no brothers or sisters. No history of tuberculosis; no nervous, mental or endocrinologic diseases in the family. Previous