Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Von Hippel–Lindau (VHL) disease is a rare disorder, characterized by the development of a variety of benign and malignant tumors. It is autosomal dominantly inherited disease that causes retinal or central nervous system hemangioblastomas, endolymphatic sac tumors, renal cell carcinomas, pancreatic cysts and tumors, pheochromocytoma and epididymal cystadenomas. The condition is associated with inactivation of a tumor suppression gene.C...

Diabetic mothers have an increased risk for pregnancy (early pregnancy loss, polyhydramnios, pre-eclampsia, premature labor) and progression of diabetic complications. We present a case of the progression of diabetic-related complications including autonomic neuropathy (AN) which caused severe vomiting during pregnancy. A 27-year-old type 1 diabetic woman with pregnancy of 8 weeks gestational age (GW) was admitted to our hospital for glycemia and diabetic-related complications...

Introduction: Struma ovarii (SO) is a rare ovarian tumor that occurs as part of a teratoma or is found in serous or mucinous cystadenomas and consist of more than 50% thyroid tissue. More uncommon is to diagnose thyroid cancer in struma ovarii and thyroid gland of two different origins. We present a case of follicular thyroid carcinoma arising in struma ovarii of the right ovary and papillary thyroid gland carcinoma.Case: A 70-year-old woman admitted to ...

Introduction: Low levels of vitamin D are commonly found in people with type 1 diabetes and recently studies found that vitamin D deficiency (VDD) contributes to the risk of developing diabetic microvascular complications. The aim was to determine the relationship between microvascular complications of diabetes and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels in type 1 diabetic patients.Methods: A total of 143 adults (60 male and 83 female) with type 1 diabetes ...