Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid hyperfunctioning nodule usually represents benign tumor. Less than 1% of all cases have been reported as malignant lesion, especially in the presence of hyperthyroidism.Case report: An asymptomatic 46-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus type 2 came for regular diabetic check. Two palpable thyroid nodules were detected during a routine physical examination. Thyroid function tests showed hyperthyroidism: TSH <0.005 mI...

Objective: To analyse the semen quality in patients with newly diagnosed Hodgkin’s disease before starting the treatment.Materials and methods: We evaluated semen quality in 67 patients with Hodgkin’s disease who underwent sperm banking in our clinic over a 10-year period. Semen samples were collected by masturbation after 2–7 days of sexual abstinence. Age at banking, semen volume, sperm concentration, and total and progressive sperm moti...

Introduction: We evaluated the efficiency of TESA–ICSI method in infertile men with obstructive azoospermia. Testicular spermatozoa are obtained by fine-needle aspiration of testis (23 G) and than injected into cytoplasm of the oocyte.Methods: In the study, there were 173 married couples with 253 attempts of artificial fertilization (1.45 attempts per couple). Average age of women were 31 years and of men 36 years. Obstructive azoospermia was detect...