Endocrine Abstracts

In this study, an antibacterial electrospun nanofibers for wound dressing application was successfully prepared from polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), Pluronic F127 (Plur), polyethyleneimine (PEI) blend solution with titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2NPs). PVA–Plur–PEI nanofibers containing various ratios of TiO2 NPs were obtained. The formation and presence of TiO2 in the PVA–Plu–PEI/TiO2 composite was confirmed by X-ra...

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy in women in reproductive age. A condition that causes irregular menstrual periods because monthly ovulation is interrupted and levels of androgens are elevated. It occurs in about 5–10% of women and is considered to be the most common cause of anovulatory infertility in reproductive age.Objectives: To compare the prevalence, levels of thyroid auto-antibodies in a group ...

Background: Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) represents an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), being characterized by a continuous low-grade inflammation and endothelial activation state. Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) may have a pro-inflammatory role as growing evidence suggests that it acts in several pathways that contribute to atherogenesis.Objective: The objective is to study Lp-PLA2 a...

Background: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a systemic disease caused by lesions of the parathyroid gland, such as parathyroid adenoma, parathyroid hyperplasia, and parathyroid carcinoma. Bone disease is an important complication of hyperparathyroidism. We herein report a rare case of severe bone disease caused by primary hyperparathyroidism.Case report: A 33-year-old female patient presented with a history of right lower limb pathological fracture...

Introduction: Sellar and supra-sellar hemangioma is a very rare, benign tumor, presenting a differential diagnostic difficulty with pituitary adenomas, especially as its imaging aspects are non-specific. We report an unusual case of an intrasellar and suprasellar cavernous hemangioma that was initially thought to be an invasive pituitary macroadenoma.Case report: A 65-year-old female patient presented with headaches and visual disturbances that had been ...

Introduction: Differentiated thyroid carcinoma is the most common pediatric endocrine malignancy (0.5–3% of all childhood malignancies) with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) being the most common type. Children have higher rates of cervical lymph node metastases, distant metastasis and recurrence. We report the case of a patient who presented a thyroid nodule whose exploration revealed PTC, to illustrate clinical, ultrasonographic and therapeutic features.<p class="a...

Introduction: The novel severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-2 virus has led to the ongoing Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease pandemic. There are increasing reports of extra pulmonary clinical features of COVID-19, either as initial presentations or sequelae of disease ((gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, pancreatic, cardiovascular, ocular, and neurologic) Autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA syndrome) can be seen as a post-vaccination p...

Background: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a clinically well-defined sight-threatening complication in type 2 diabetes. Angiopoietin 1 (Ang1) has been shown to promote endothelial cell survival without causing proliferation, stabilise endothelial interactions with surrounding support cells and can block the vascular permeability effects of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). More recent data suggest that balance between these growth factors may affect vascular endothelial...

The normal development of the female reproductive tract depends on the interaction between genetic, hormonal and environmental factors for the differentiation of the Müller and Wolff ducts, and the urogenital sinusCase report: 16-year-old female, single, school student presented to our endocrine department complaining of primary amenorrhea. No history of chronic diseases, excessive exercise,medications, anorexia, clinical hypothyroidism or hyperandr...

IntroductionHyperthyroidism during pregnancy can be caused by an hydatiform mole in its partial or total form. The biochemical particularities between hcg (human corionic gonadotropin) and Tsh (thyreo-stimulating hormone) in gestational trophoblastic disease can explain the thyrostimulating effect in it. We report a case of hyperthyroidism on molar pregnancy through an observation.ObservationPatient of 27 yea...