Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Individuals with adrenal insufficiency (AI) receive life-long glucocorticoid (GC) replacement therapy (CGRT), which often exceeds normal daily physiological GC production, leading to detrimental effects on cardiometabolic parameters and bone health.Objective: Assessment of glucose, lipid and bone metabolism in AI postmenopausal patients in relation to the cause of AI and the CGRT dose.Methods: 114 AI postmenopausal wome...

Background/aim: Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is a relatively common endocrine disorder, which is often asymptomatic and thus diagnosed during routine biochemical testing. Emerging scientific data supports the theory that non-syndromic pHPT patients may be at increased risk for thyroid autoimmunity, metabolic disorders and malignancy.Materials and methods: A cohort of 227 pHPT (61 male and 166 female) and 244 non-pHPT (75 male and 169 female) patien...

Background and Aims: The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected the glycemic regulation of adult patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D). The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of this pandemic on glycemic control in T1D patients with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) systems.Methods: A cohort of adult T1D patients with CSII was retrospectively evaluated. Data regarding number visits to our diabetes clinics, total daily insulin dose (TDI...

Background/aim: Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is a relatively common endocrine disorder, which is associated with severe disruption of calcium metabolism and deterioration of bone density and quality. Our study aimed at examining the effect of parathyroidectomy on bone mineral density (BMD), T-Score in both the femoral neck (FN) and the lumbar spine (LS) and on trabecular bone score (TBS).Materials and methods: A cohort of 280 adult patients (195 ma...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas(PPGLs) are catecholamine-secreting tumors. Catecholamine excess contributes to bone resorption and secondary osteoporosis. PPGLs are treated surgically but limited data exists on the subsequent effect on bone status.Aim: To evaluate bone metabolism(BM) and bone mass density(BMD) before and after successful surgery of PPGLs.Methods: A retrospective study on (BM) of (PPGLs) patients ...

Introduction: Ganglioneuromas (GNs) are rare, benign tumors, arising from neural crest cells. Their incidence amongst adrenal masses is 0.3%-6%. The majority are incidentalomas and hormonally inactive but a subset may cause compressive effects. Presentation in the context of genetic syndromes (NF1/NF2, RET, MAX, Von Hippel Lindau disease) has been reported. We present two cases of adrenal GNs: Case 1. A 31-year-old female patient who presented with a history o...

Background/aim: Lipoprotein a (Lpa) is a major atherogenic factor associated with increased cardiovascular risk among patients with type 1 diabetes (t1D). This study investigated the possible relationship of Lpa levels to the metabolic profile, bone status and kidney function of patients with T1D.Materials and methods: 122 adult patients with T1D (70 males and 52 females), were studied in an observational cross-sectional study. Demographic, clinical and ...

Background: In patients with adrenal nodules increased 17-OH Progesterone (17-OHP) does not necessarily indicate congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) since adrenocortical tumors may harbor defects in steroidogenesis resulting in high steroid precursors, either basally or, usually, after Synacthen stimulation. Secretion of precursors has been associated with malignancy but it can also be present in benign adenomas.Case Presentation: A 62-year-old lady wit...

Introduction: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the standard of care treatment for high-risk hematological malignancies. HSCT recipients are exposed to chemotherapy and/or radiation prior to HSCT, as part of the conditioning, or following HSCT for management of disease relapse. They may receive steroids for chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD) and they are at high risk for endocrine complications. Aim: To evaluate endocrine complicat...