Endocrine Abstracts

Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas (TSHomas) are rare functioning pituitary adenomas, accounting for less than 1%. They commonly present as macroadenomas with symptoms of hyperthyroidism. Though surgery is the first line therapy, cure is achieved in only 30–40%, with high rate of post-surgical hypopituitarism. We propose somatostatin analogs having a new role in the management. We report a case of 73 years-old man with a 6-month history of palpitations and progress...

Rationale: The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria was recently proposed as the world’s first diagnostic criteria for malnutrition in adults in hospital settings. The GLIM approach is based on the assessment of three phenotypic and two etiologic criteria, with diagnosis confirmed by any combination of one phenotypic and one etiologic criterion fulfilled. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence phenotypic criteria of GLIM in hospit...

Background and objective: Incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is increasing but not its mortality. Knowing recurrence factors is essential to plan its treatment. Recurrence related factors in our area were reviewed and compared with ATA risk stratification system.Patients and Methods: The Cadit-CAM study was designed to evaluate characteristics of patients diagnosed of DTC in Castilla La Mancha, a region in the central part of Spain, during ...