Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The analysis of the signaling pathways involved in vascular calcification is difficult due largely to the limitation in obtaining vascular tissue samples. Therefore, the use of bioinformatics tools for the identification of potential biomarkers associated with vascular calcification is an advantage for the advancement in the knowledge of the molecular pathways involved in this pathology.Objective: Increase understanding of the molecular mec...

Lipoadenoma is an uncommon benign lesión of the parathyroid gland (<1%) and it has most commonly described as non-functional, but also is a very rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. Since 1958 scientific literatura had described 54 cases all over the world and only six of that paratyroid lipoadenomas was extended into torax. A case of intrathoracic parathyroid lipoadenoma with hyperparathyroidism is described. A 69–year–old man was refered to our hos...

The diagnosis of atypical non-autoimmune forms of diabetes mellitus, such as maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) presents several challenges, in view of the extensive clinical and genetic heterogeneity of the disease. In this report we describe a case of atypical non autoimmune diabetes associated with a damaging HNF1β mutation. A 39-years-old woman with normal weight (BMI 20’8 kg/m2), endometriosis, ex-smoker, fatty liver and uterus bicornis unic...