Endocrine Abstracts

ObjectivesTo present the results of our series of endoscopic surgery of PA, performed in a third level hospital by an experienced team.MethodsRetrospective review of PA undergoing endoscopic surgery between 2011 – 2018 in our institution. Clinical variables and radiological characteristics and outcomes were collected at diagnosis, before surgery and for an average of 4.8 years of postoperative follow-up....

IntroductionVitamin D deficiency is associated with higher risk of COVID-19, and type 2 diabetic patients are a vulnerable group. We described an alarming rate of vitamin D deficiency (81.0% < 30 ng/ml plasma calcifediol) in unsupplemented type 2 diabetes patients during the 2020 spring lockdown in Northern Gran Canaria. During the winter period (December 2020 to February 2021) some restrictions for social gatherings and a nightly curfew have been en...

Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS) usually presents with physical stigmata (poikiloderma, ectodermal dysplasia, juvenile cataracts…) and it´s associated with malignancies in patients with homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the RECQL4 helicase gene (RTS-II). Neoplasms include osteosarcoma in childhood and skin cancer later in life, with occasional malignancies affecting other tissues (leukemia, lymphoma and gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas). To ou...

IntroductionThe pandemic has altered the day-to-day running of hospitals and most of the material and human resources have been made available for COVID-19 care. So have the residents in Endocrinology and Nutrition (MIR), who have been working on the front line, and this has led to alterations in their training programme. In addition, this unexpected and stressful work situation has had psychological consequences. The Spanish Society of Endocrinology and...

IntroductionThe SARS-Coronavirus-2 pandemic affects 248 469 people with 28 341 deaths in Spain as of June 28, 2020. Severe infection is more prevalent in patients with advanced ages, cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) and chronic diseases (diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease and asthma). Having diabetes implies vulnerability to serious complications and death from coronavirus; although, not all diabetics have the same level of risk. The oldest is p...

Introduction: H. pylori infection has been related with extragastric diseases such as type 2 diabetes.Aim: to evaluate changes in carbohydrate metabolism induced by 75g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), before and after antibiotic eradication treatment in patients colonized by H. pylori compared to healthy controls.Materials and methods: A prospective case-control study. Biochemical parameters, carbohydrate profile, ghrelin and G...

Introduction: H. pylori infection has been related with diseases such as type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.Objective: To evaluate changes in carbohydrates metabolism, lipid profile and intake regulating hormones induced by 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), before and after antibiotic eradication treatment in patients colonized by H. pylori.Materials and methods: A prospective study of 40 non-diabetics patients were perf...

Introduction: New diabetes treatments, such as lixisenatide, improve global metabolic status beyond glycemic control.Aim: To evaluate lixisenatide effects on liver function, lipids and blood pressure levels in type 2 diabetes and obese patients attended in endocrinology offices.Material and method: This is a prospective study with a sample of 106 patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity. In an intra-subject analysis, clinical and ...

Introduction: Some treatments of diabetes, such as lixisenatide, improve global metabolic status beyond glycaemic control.Aim: To evaluate tolerance to lixisenatide and its effects on weight and metabolic control in type 2 diabetes and obese patients attended in Endocrinology Offices.Material and method: A prospective study of patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity. In an intra-subject analysis, clinical and analytical data were...

Introduction: Gonadotroph tumours (GT) are the most common subtype of silent pituitary neuroendocrine tumours. The diagnosis of this subtype of tumours is established after surgery. There are no reliable markers of aggressiveness to predict their clinical course and, moreover, immunohistochemistry (IHC) usually classifies GT as null cell tumours. The aim of the present study was to correlate molecular, immunohistochemical and biochemical gonadotropin expression, to quantify th...