Endocrine Abstracts

We report the case of 57-year-old man with end-stage renal disease, primary hyperparathyroidism and after an surgery of upper parathyroid glands with ectopic parathyroid localized in lung. Patient was directed to our hospital to perform diagnostics on hyperparathyroidism. Two years earlier (2011) patient was hospitalized because of weakness and weight loss, and was diagnosed with primary hyperparathyroidism. In 2012 he underwent the bilateral parathyroidectomy of upper glands ...

Gynecomastia (Gm) is defined as increased mammary gland size in male and must be distinguished from lipomastia. Mammary tissue is present in children of both sexes. The gland does not develop when androgens (A) prevail over estrogens (E). In men molar ratio of plasma testosterone to estradiol is about 300 to 1. Any deviation from this ratio, be it through diminished A or increased E, can lead to Gm. Testes maturation requires both A and E and palpable mammary tissue is present...

Introduction: Animals have long been considered the best friends of man, but as it turns out, the degree of empathy towards them is ontogenic variable. So far there have been studies showing the influence of mutations in the oxytocin gene on our level of empathy.Method: It was decided to check if hormonal factors have the influence on our relations with animals. For this purpose, patients treated in our department of endocrinology were examined. The stud...

Visceral obesity among postmenopausal women often leads to the development of metabolic syndrome (MS), but there is a subgroup of normal weight postmenopausal women displaying metabolic disturbances who are diagnosed to have MS. These subjects often show insulin resistance, however little is known about the effects of adiponectin and sex hormone binding globuline SHBG) on MS in this subset of women.The aim of the study was: i) to assess serum SHBG, total...

Introduction: The low FT3 syndrome is known as associated with a high risk of death within a short time. Less is a long-term observations, and only a few concerning patients on chronic dialysis.The aim of the study was to evaluate whether the value of thyroid hormones on hemodialysis are a predictor of risk of death in the follow-up of 5 years.Results: The study included 89 patients (58 men) undergoing dialysis in the period from 0...

Introduction: Both thyroid dysfunction and sexual dysfunction in young women are relatively common. Even is described the correlations between various types of sexual dysfunction in women, and the severity of hyperthyroidism. However, it is known to us a description of the coexistence of vaginismus with arthritis, a relatively rare complication of antithyroid treatment.Case report: 25-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with symptoms of polyarthritis...

The aim of this work was to estimate chosen cognitive functions in diabetics and to investigate possible correlations between cognitive abilities and chosen clinical and biochemical parameters.The research was conducted among 122 patients with diabetes type 1 or 2 and 140 clinical healthy people. Cognitive tests such as MMSE test, Clock Drawing Test, Trial Making Test were applied.In almost 40% of examined diabetics, the significan...

Introduction: Although education is widely regarded as one of the pillars of diabetes treatment, it is relatively little work analysing its effectiveness. Therefore we would like to present our prospective observations.Method: In 2003–2004, 500 consecutive patients visiting our diabetes education centre put to the test the knowledge of diabetes as 20 questions which focus on practical skills proceedings in diabetes. We did not have a direct affect t...

Background: The COMMODITY12 is a telemedicine system designed for continuous monitoring of diabetes type 1 (DM1) and DM2, as well as the cardiovascular comorbidities. The system has been created in collaboration of nine European academic and industrial partners under FP7 (www.commodity12.eu).Aim: The aim of this study was to assess clinical utility of the COMMODITY12 system in DM2 patients, under a design of a mini...

Introduction: In the testicular adrenal rest tumor (TART) syndrome, doctors think before all to preserve fertility and oncological risk. Meanwhile, for the patient are relevant primarily those disorders that hinder him daily functioning and affect the quality of life. Because of it, we would like to introduce our patient with cognitive impairment.Case report: A 20-year-old male, working in the factory, came to an endocrinologist at the request of his mot...