Endocrine Abstracts

A 46-year old male patient, living in Giza, father of 4, used to work as a baker. He is an ex-smoker. He has diabetes on insulin for 4 years, not hypertensive.He was diagnosed to have colonic carcinoma upon which surgical intervention was done in the form of right hemicolectomy with splenectomy and cholecystectomy. Postoperative pathology report revealed invasive moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma. He received postoperative chemotherapy, twelve sessions over the past one...

Background: Dysmetabolic iron overload syndrome (DIOS) is characterized by elevated ferritin and normal transferrin saturation level. Iron metabolism may be linked to the sympathetic overactity. DIOS is seen in 15–20% of the metabolic syndrome cases.Aim: This study aimed to test the hypothesis linking the increased baseline sympathetic drive to the hypertension seen in dysmetablolic iron overload syndrome in cases of metabolic syndrome.<p class=...