Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine whether sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy of jugulo-carotid chain (JCC) in thyroid microcarcinomas (TMC) is an accurate technique to select patients with true positive, but clinically and ultrasonically N0 LNs, for modified radical neck dissection (MRND).Materials and methods: In total 199 patients with TMC underwent total thyroidectomy, central neck dissection and SLN mapping with 0.2 ml of 1% methylen...

For the diagnosis of hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (HH), it is necessary that in symptomatic hypoglycemia in the fasting test the insulin/glucose ratio is >0.3, or that in spontaneous hypoglycemia there are C-peptide >0.6 nmol/l and insulin >3.0 mIU/ml. It is a well-known fact about the increasing frequency of hypoglycemia after bariatric surgery (estimated up to 30% of patients), mostly within the Dumping syndrome, but the frequency of occurrence of noninsulinoma ...

Background and Aims: Early glycoregulation disorders, impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) are associated with metabolic syndrome (MS). The aim of this study is: (a) to analyze parameters of insulin sensitivity, glycoregulation, lipid status, microalbuminuria (MI) and homocysteine (HCY) in patients with obesity (I), IFG (II), IGT (III) and newly diagnosed DM type 2 (IV) patients; (b) to determine the percentage of metabolic syndrome at these pati...