Endocrine Abstracts

Background: A parathyroidectomy (PTX) is the preferred standard treatment for patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). the assessment of the surgery success from patient’s perspective is important to provide patient-centered care.Aim: We aimed to evaluate QoL changes in PHPT patients during 2-years follow-up after PTX and to identify preoperative predictors of meaningful QoL improvement after surgery.Materials and Met...

Purpose: To investigate the carbohydrate metabolism in depend on acromegaly treatment.Material and methods: 23 patients with newly diagnosed acromegaly (NA) were observed. Carbohydrate metabolism were investigated after somatostatine analogues treatment (SSA) (14 patients) or after surgery (TSA) (9 patients). Groups were comparable on age, BMI, acromegaly duration. Were researched HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose level (FPG), indexes of insulin resistance (...

Background: Chronic hypophosphatemia in children mimics diverse conditions and may be underpinned by genetic disorders (e.g. X-linked hypophosphatemia), primary hyperthyroidism, tubular disorders (Fanconi syndrome) and neoplasia. Severe sequelae like rickety deformities of the skeleton, mental and physical retardation, osteoporosis and osteomalacia,etc require prompt diagnosis and treatment. Here we present a case report of untreated chronic hypophosphatemia mimicking ketoacid...

A 56 year old lady underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy for an incidental right adrenal mass. Plasma metanephrines were elevated pre-op and histology revealed PCC with a PASS score of 0/20 with SDHB immunostaining +. She remained asymptomatic until 9 years later when she presented with palpitations and worsening hypertension. Plasma metanephrines were 3-4 times above reference range. She was also found to have goitre and USG/FNA revealed THY4 lesion for which she underwent tot...

Objective: To evaluate the prognostic value of interleukin-8 studies in the development of thyrotoxic cardiomyopathy in patients with Graves’ disease.Materials and methods: 86 patients with newly diagnosed Graves’ disease were examined, aged 18 to 55 years (mean age 37 years [28; 45]) without previous cardiovascular events. All patients were analyzed by interleukin-8 by immuno-enzyme analysis. To determine the threshold value for Interleukin-8,...

Objective: To assess the quality of life, the presence and severity of depressive symptoms in patients with diabetes combined with gastroparesis and without itMethods: Forty three patients with diabetes were included in the study. The presence and severity of gastrointestinal symptoms, as well as the intensity and frequency of symptoms over the last 2 weeks, were measured with the Patient Assessment of the upper gastrointestinal symptom severity index (P...

Background: Was performed an open study in 2 parallel groups to compare the efficacy and safety of dulaglutide and liraglutide in combination with Metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Methods: Thirty-two patients (13 men and 19 women) with type 2 diabetes mellitus with unsatisfactory glycemic control on Metformin monotherapy were examined. The median age was 52 [44; 61] years old, the duration of diabetes was 4.6 [2,5; 9,0] years, median o...

IntroductionNaKATPase is membrane bound enzyme, necessary for maintenance of the cell potential and volume, ion flow, neuronal signal transduction. Previous studies showed decreasing of its activity in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Mechanisms regulated enzymes activity in DM is not clear yet. We proposed that glycemia is a main regulator of NaKATPase activity in erythrocytes at the DM.Material and methods<p class="abste...

Background: In acromegaly, carbohydrate metabolism disorders (CMD) are frequently observed. The effect of therapy of acromegaly on pathogenesis of CMD is not clear.Aim: To assess the effect of somatostatin analogues (SSA) on pathogenesis of carbohydrate metabolism disturbance in acromegaly.Patients and methods: 103 acromegaly patients were examined (31 men, 72 women; age 54 (46–61) years; 60 had newly diagnosed acromegaly (NA)...

Background: In acromegaly, carbohydrate metabolism disorders (CMD) are frequently observed. We aimed to assess the differences in insulin secretion and sensitivity depending on stage of the disease and type of treatment.Design: Sixty-four patients with acromegaly (46 women; age 53 (interquartile range, IQR 47–59) years), of whom 29 were newly-diagnosed (NA group), 20 treated with somatostatin analogues (SSA group) and 15 after transsphenoïdal s...