Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose: The study evaluated the effects of laser ablation of adrenal glands and results of regeneration using low-vacuum scanning electron microscopy for modeling the effects of laser ablation on pathological focus in the adrenal glands.Methods/design: A study performed on the rats (n=19, male, Wistar line) with weighing 335.3±24.9 g. At 14 of them (control 5 intact rat) under general anaesthetic was performed local laser ablation part of ...

Introduction: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), also known as von Recklinghausen’s disease, is the most common type of NF and one of the most frequent human genetic diseases. Gynaecomastia due to pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) in patients with NF1 is quite a rare complication but still it should be differentiated from gynecomastia caused by other conditions.Clinical case: A 30-year-old man, previously diagnosed with NF1 at the age of 19,...

Tpit is a pituitary-specific transcription factor that is important for corticotroph terminal differentiation. In TPit null mice corticotroph cells do not differentiate and cells immunopositive for SF1, LH and FSH are observed in the intermediate lobe (Pulichino et al. 2003 Genes Dev). As the anterior lobe in TPit null mice showed a 50% decrease in cell number compared to wild-type (WT), and corticotrophs comprise only 5–7% of anterior lobe cells, we investigated c...

BackgroundIt is known that the thyroid gland is sensitive to the damaging effects of irradiation, and patients who have received radiotherapy for tumor treatment require regular thyroid screening subsequently. A few cases of thyroid cancer after receiving 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) therapy in the treatment of neuroblastoma in childhood have been described (HM van Santen et al 2012; SC Clement et al, 2013). Here, we report the two cases of papill...

Objective: We previously found an association between eNOS(G894T) polymorphism and components of metabolic syndrome (MetS); thus, we investigated the metabolic–endocrine changes in postmenopausal women with incipient MetS and the interaction with the polymorphisms of eNOS-G894T, p22phox-930 A/G, CETP TaqIB and ESR1 (PvuII and XbaI) genes.Methods: postmenopausal women aged between 60 and 80 years from a population-based study were classified into the...

Context: Prior studies of children with endogenous Cushing syndrome (CS) have identified cognitive decline despite reversal of brain atrophy after remission as well as residual impairment of quality of life measures. Although parental observations support personality changes with CS, significant psychopathology has not been described. We investigated the feasibility of using paediatric Patient-reported outcomes (PROMIS) using a computer interface to assess patient perception o...

Background: Carney complex (CNC) is a rare multiple neoplasia syndrome, its commonest endocrine manifestation being ACTH-independent Cushing’s syndrome, histologically characterized by primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD). There is significant genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity, but deletions at 17q24.2 are rare. We describe the particular characteristics of a patient with a microdeletion in this area.Case report: A 37-year-old...

BackgroundProlactinomas are the most frequent type of hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas. Prolactin(PRL)-receptor mediates intracellular signaling pathways that contribute to weight gain, dyslipidemia, impaired fasting glucose (IFG), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease, parameters that improve along with PRL level control on dopamine agonist (DA) therapy.AimTo assess metabolic disturb...

Endocr Relat Cancer August 1, 2015 22 481–504. DOI: 10.1530/ERC-14-0546...

Background: Hypoparathyroidism is one of the most important complications of total thyroidectomy. Its treatment with the use of recombinant parathyroid hormone (PTH) is limited now, therefore the prophylaxis of post-surgical hypoparathyroidism is very important. A method of tension-free thyroidectomy (TFT) was proposed in 2021. TFT uses unusual medial approach to the recurrent laryngeal nerves (RLN) and parathyroid glands (PG), together with several principles decreasing tract...