Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Moving from childhood to adulthood is a challenging process for individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D), transition has been defined as the planned movement from pediatric to adult department.Aim: To assess glucometabolic control, prevalence of autoimmune disorders, and use of glucose sensors in patients with type 1 diabetes after transition to adult care.Methods: We retrospectively evaluated HbA1c, prevalence of patient...

Pituitary adenomas constitute the third most common intracranial neoplasm. Adenoma cells either express no hormone (null cell adenoma) or hormones of different cell lineage. About 1% of pituitary adenomas shows a plurihormonal expression pattern, which may either be attributed to one cell lineage or rarely to different cell lineages. In addition, the development of separate pituitary adenomas may be observed in 0.5–1.5% of surgical specimens and in up to 10% of autopsy ca...

Aim: To analyze the prevalence of anxiety and depression in a large cohort of adults affected by autoimmune diabetes and to identify the associated factors, stratifying them according to sex.Methods: We administered to 553 patients with autoimmune diabetes the questionnaires: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Diabetes Distress Scale, Diabetes-related Quality of Life and Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire. We excluded 119 patients w...