Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0090ep178 | Calcium and Bone | ECE2023

Development of parathyroid adenoma suggesting tertiary hyperparathyroidism in a patient with a renal transplant history

Stofas Anastasios , Patereli Amalia

Introduction: Tertiary hyperparathyroidism (THPT) is not uncommon in patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism after successful renal transplantation. It occurs up to 25% of these patients one year after transplantation despite renal function improvement. It can be developed due to the autonomous function of at least one parathyroid gland and leads to overproduction of parathyroid hormone (PTH). Tertiary hyperparathyroidism mostly reveals diffuse or nodular pattern of chief ...

ea0026s18.2 | Management of endocrine disease in pregnancy | ECE2011

Type 2 diabetes and pregnancy

Anastasiou Eleni

Obesity and DM2 increasingly affect young adults worldwide, to the point of warranting the description of ‘epidemic’. This means that greater numbers of women of reproductive age are at risk. Frequently DM2 remains undiagnosed until pregnancy. The rate of congenital malformations seems to be the same with that of women with DM1, but the rate of perinatal mortality appears to be increased, according to a recent meta-analysis. These findings occur despite the fact that...

ea0038p57 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2015

Audit on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (insulin pump) therapy

Argentesi Giulia , Yahia Seifeledin , Gazis Anastasios

Objectives: Insulin pumps were introduced in the late 1970s. Their use has continued to grow and the technology has continued to improve along with the development of insulin substrates. They are however a costly therapy, thus NICE recommend pump therapy in the following circumstances; when patients are undergoing regular episodes of severe and sometimes unpredictable episodes of hypoglycaemia, have HbA1c levels over 8.5% despite attempts to lower it, difficult control during ...

ea0016p299 | Endocrine tumours | ECE2008

Adrenal ganglioneuroma: a new cause of increased serum calcitonin

Bakola Theodosia , Gkountouvas Anastasios , Aggelopoulou Anastasia , Tertipi Athanasia , Pappas Anastasios , Iakovidou Ioanna , Nisiotis Athanasios , Kaldrimidis Philippos

Introduction: Ganglioneuromas are rare, benign tumors of mature ganglion cells, arising from the sympathetic ganglia and 20% are located in the adrenal medulla, representing 1–4% of adrenal incidentalomas. About 1/3 secrete catecholamines but hypertension and other adrenergic symptoms are rare. About 60% are depicted with 131I- MIBG.Case report: A 72-year-old man was admitted for a left adrenal tumor 9×8 cm, incidentally found in abd...

ea0090ep215 | Calcium and Bone | ECE2023

Short-term treatment with 2000IU of cholecalciferol in patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism due to vitamin d insufficiency

Angelopoulos Nikolaos , Boniakos Anastasios , Karras Spyridon , Paparodis Rodis , Livadas Sarantis

Introduction: Conventional treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHP) requires supplementation of vitamin d analogues combined with calcium however several studies have reported concerns regarding the safety of calcium supplements particularly in the long term. If vitamin d without concomitant calcium supplementation is sufficient to prompt a fall in the parathyroid hormone (PTH) is still not known with certainty. The purpose of our study was to investigate if vitamin d ...

ea0067gp41 | Poster Presentations | EYES2019

Budd-Chiari syndrome in a young patient with type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: a case report

Kyriakidou Artemis A , Semertzidis Anastasios S. , Baltagiannis Stefanos D

Background: Budd-Chiari syndrome, characterized by abdominal pain, ascites and hepatomegaly, is a rare condition, caused by thrombotic hepatic venous outflow obstruction. Diabetes mellitus is associated with impairment of the coagulation and fibrinolysis pathway, suggesting its involvement in the pathogenesis of venous thromboembolism. There are few cases of patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome and Diabetes Mellitus, reported in the literature.Case present...

ea0049ep625 | Diabetes therapy | ECE2017

Sense of coherence and glycaemic control among a sample of newly diagnosed type II diabetics in rural Crete

Anyfantakis Dimitrios , Anyfantakis Anastasios , Foukaki Michaela , Kastanakis Serafim

Aim: Currently there is much discussion on the protective effects of the sense of coherence (SOC) on health. Our aim was to examine possible associations between SOC and glycemic control among 60 newly diagnosed adults with type 2 diabetes.Methods and results: Thirty males and 30 females diagnosed 3 months before with type 2 diabetes mellitus were included in the study. SOC was measured with the Greek translated and validated version of Antonovsky’s...

ea0035p396 | Diabetes (epidemiology, pathophysiology) | ECE2014

Vitamin D and diabetes mellitus type 2

Kostoglou-Athanassiou Ifigenia , Athanassiou Panagiotis , Gkountouvas Anastasios , Kaldrymides Philippos

Vitamin D deficiency has been observed in diabetes mellitus type 2 patients. It has been found to be related to poor glycemic control in diabetes mellitus type 2 patients as well as in patients with gestational diabetes. The administration of vitamin D in diabetes mellitus type 2 patients with vitamin D deficiency has been found to have conflicting results on blood glucose control. The aim was to assess the effect of vitamin D administration in diabetes mellitus type 2 patient...

ea0016p348 | Growth and development | ECE2008

Secular height changes in Greek conscripts

Fytanidis Grigorios , Papadimitriou Anastasios , Papadimitriou Dimitrios , Fytanidis Iakovos , Nicolaidou Polyxeni

Introduction: In some developed countries, the acceleration of physical development has already reached a plateau.Objective: Aim of our study was to examine whether an improvement of the body height of adult men is still observed in Greece and to correlate the body height with socio-economic and demographic factors.Research methods and procedures: The height of 3068 Greek conscripts, aged 18–26 years, was measured and analyzed...

ea0056p229 | Calcium & Vitamin D metabolism | ECE2018

Timely and dose assessment of serum parathormone and calcium levels by cinacalcet in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: an individualized approach

Duntas Leonidas , Tanteles Savvas , Boutsiadis Anastasios , Polyzos Stergios

Objective: To assess the regulation of parathormone (PTH) and serum calcium (s-Ca) in patients, on follow-up over a long time period of four years, who have primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) and whose condition is non-operable or who are not willing to undergo surgery.Methods: Initially, 17 patients with documented pHPT were recruited and treated with calcimimetic cinacalcet at a dose calculated according to s-Ca levels (≤11 mg/dl or >11 mg/dl...