Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Pituitary apoplexy is a rare and potentially life-threatening disorder defined by hemorrhage or infarction of the pituitary gland. Occasionally, it may be the first manifestation of an underlying adenoma.Case report: We present a case of a 70-year-old male, who was admitted in our clinic for an incidentally discovered pituitary macroadenoma accompanied by severe left hemicrania, otalgia and left eyelid ptosis.Medical ...

Introduction: We report a case of papillary thyroid carcinoma recurrence. According to most of the guidelines, patients with PTC have recurrences in the first 5 years after diagnosis and the most rigorous follow-up is indicated in this time; however metastasis are reported beyond this period and are associated mostly with lack of adherence to follow-up.Case report: A 76-year-old female was admitted in our department for the evaluation of a 5 cm laterocer...

Introduction: We report a case of severe osteoporosis with incident fragility fractures during antiresorbtive therapy in the presence of amiodarone induced hypothyroidism.Case report: A 76 year old female was admitted in our department for the evaluation of antiresorbtive therapy in the context of a recent rib fracture after coughing. Severe osteoporosis (lumbar T-score: −2.8DS, femoral neck T-score: −2.9DS with multiple fra...

Introduction: Multiple factors have been incriminated in growth retardation in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), such as metabolic acidosis, anemia, vitamin D deficiency with secondary hyperparathyroidism, under-nutrition, renal bone disease. The disease compromises vertical growth with up to one-third children having severe growth delay (below the third percentile for height). Optimal care and nutritional therapy alone, can’t help the children with CKD reach t...

Introduction: As the incidence of thyroid cancer is increasing, so are the cases of recurrence with RAI refractory metastasis of thyroid differentiated cancer. We present such a caseCase report: A 77-year-old female with a medical history of papillary thyroid carcinoma recurrence 10 years after surgery with successful 3 RAI sessions and normal thyroid cancer markers after treatment until her recurrence a year ago, with TSH unstimulated thyroglobulin of 1...

Introduction: Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) is an established serum marker for both diagnosis of growth hormone (GH) deficiency and for monitoring treatment with Somatropin, whether it is recommended for the classic GH-insufficient short stature cases or for other GH-sufficient disorders.Aim: To evaluate whether serum level of IGF-1 at diagnosis has a predictive value for the response to somatropin treatment during the 2 years of treatment in chil...

Introduction: Signs of hyperandrogenism are frequent complaints for young adults and adolescents and a common cause of presentation to endocrinology service. Even if polycystic ovary syndrome is the most frequent etiology, differential diagnosis is mandatory. (1,2)Case report: We present the case of a 26-year-old female patient, obese, smoker, with a personal history of polycystic ovary syndrome and a family history of diabetes mellitus, who presented to...

Background: Renal dysfunction is known to be more prevalent amongst patients with obesity. Metabolic and bariatric surgery is associated with positive renal effects through intricate pathways. We aimed to determine the short-term impact of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) on renal function and to identify parameters associated with its variation.Materials and methods: We performed a retrospective study on 268 patients (115 males and 153 females) eva...

Introduction: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relevance of autoimmunity in the cytological results for the thyroid nodules referred to FNAB (fine-needle aspiration biopsy).Materials and methods: Our study included 590 patients who underwent FNAC in 615 nodules between December 2015 and January 2019. Besides demographic data and routine endocrine investigations (thyroid hormonal status, presence of autoimmunity, the actual or past use of levothyr...

Background: Despite current efforts in trying to accurately identify determinants of impaired quality of life (QoL) in acromegalic patients, studies on this topic are still conflicting and more research is needed in order to improve the well-being of these patients.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study, administering two standardized questionnaires (AcroQol and EuroQol-5D) to 38 acromegalic patients and examined ...