Endocrine Abstracts

Non alcoholic steatohepatitis (EHNA) is diagnosed by hepatic biopsy. Its etiology is uncertain but obesity is present in 69–100% of all cases and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in about 34–75%.Objectives: To study the prevalence of EHNA in morbidly obese patients and determine if there is a difference between the prevalence in patients with and without carbohydrate metabolism disorders.Patients and methods: Prospective stu...

Introduction: Craniopharyngiomas are benign epitelial tumors located in the suprasellar region and they are associated to several comorbidities. Our aim is to describe hormonal deficiency and complications after surgery.Design: Descriptive study of patients that underwent surgery of craniopharyngioma. Data collected included hormonal levels, clinical data and mortality. Quantitative variables with normal distribution are shown as mean and standard deviat...

Aim: Patients with malignant neuroendocrine tumors (mNETs) present frequently metastatic disease at diagnosis or during their follow-up. Hepatic transplant (HT) and radionuclide treatment have proved to be successful treatments. The aim of this report is to study the progression of the disease in patients with metastasic mNETs and HT.Patients and methods: Descriptive and retrospective study of patients diagnosed of metastasic mNETs and submitted to HT du...

Introduction: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic disease at risk of malnutrition. The aim of the study is to assess nutritional status of patients with CF.Methods: Descriptive study of CF patients referred for a nutritional evaluation. Data collected included lung function, pancreatic and carbohydrate metabolism (according to ADA’s diagnostic criteria), anthropometric and laboratory parameters. Results are shown as mean (S.D.).<p c...