Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Ultrasound is the main diagnostic tool for imaging pathology of the thyroid gland. The TI-RADS classification allows the evaluation of a risk of malignancy in the case of thyroid nodules, indicating the need to perform a puncture for a histological study. Bethesda system classifies them according to the cytological malignancy risk. Bethesda category 3 (B3) comprises ‘follicular lesion of undetermined significance’ or ‘atypia of undetermined signifi...

Introduction: Obesity is a major health problem and a risk factor for the development of other diseases. However, there are morbid obese subjects of long evolution that can be considered metabolically healthy obese, whose existence is in doubt for many clinicians.Objetive: To analyze if there are differences in cardiovascular risk between metabolically healthy (MHO) and sick obese (MSO), matched by age, sex and body mass index (BMI).<p class="abstext...

Acromegaly is caused by excessive growth hormone (GH) secretion from pituitary adenomas. Transphenoidal surgery is the first-choice treatment, but new drug therapies (e.g. somatostatin analogs, SSA) offer promising avenues for medical treatment. Complementary diagnostic tools may assist this strategy, helping to refine drug choice. Here, we investigate the associations between postsurgical radiological features and molecular phenotype of pituitary tumors from acromegalic patie...

Objective: Patients with Cushing’s disease (CD) may have adrenal nodules or hyperplasia related chronic hyperstimulation by adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of adrenal nodules or hyperplasia in patients with CD and their relation with ACTH levels at diagnosis.Patients and methods: Descriptive study of patients with CD (1995–2015). Variables analyzed: age, sex, body mass in...

Objective: Diagnosis of diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) has been described in up to 25% of cases. NODAT is a metabolically complex disorder, similar to type 2 diabetes. Factors that influence the development of NODAT are: BMI, HCV and immunosuppression. Objective: to know the prevalence and incidence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in liver transplant patients of our hospital.Patients and methods: Retrospective descriptive study of liver transplant pati...

Background: The short-term follow-up of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) after the initial treatment is based on the measurement of stimulated thyroglobulin (s-Tg) and the use of diagnostic whole body scan (WBS).Objective: To evaluate the clinical utility of WBS performed at 6–12 months after thyroidectomy. Examine the correlation between s-Tg and results of WBS.Methods: We retrospectively evaluated all patien...