Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Ectopic thyroid tissue is a rare developmental abnormality with the prevalence of 1 per 100.000–300.000 persons in the general population. It is most commonly detected in younger women and presented as lingual thyroid. Here we report a rare case of ectopic thyroid tissue in the left adrenal gland.Case report: A 29-year old female without previous medical history was incidentally diagnosed with left adrenal gland mass detected on routi...

IntroductionHyponatremia is frequently encountered in clinical practice. Euvolemic hyponatremia (Syndrome of Inadequate Antidiuresis, SIAD) represents diagnostic and management challenge regarding etiology unraveling, its gradual acute substitution, and later causal treatment.Case reportA 68-year-old woman was admitted to the Emergency unit with acute psychosis. On examination, there were no focal neurologica...

Propylthiouracil (PTU) sometimes induces autoimmune syndromes, such as PTU–induced lupus or vasculitis. Here we present hands and feet vasculitis-like skin changes observed several days after PTU introduction in a patient who suffered from serious diffuse toxic goiter. Because of segmental distribution, normal liver function test, and no signs of clinical deterioration, it was decided to continue PTU management and observe the patient. Primarily maculopapular rash became ...

Background: Reproductive health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. So far, there is limited evidence about the consequences of Sars-CoV-2 infection on women’s reproductive health.Aim: To determine the effects of Sars-CoV-2 infection on women’s reproductive health.Methods: We created an anonymous survey about reproductive health and shared it with women of reproductive age between May 2022 and ...

Introduction: A number of studies reported that almost every fifth patient with thalassemia hav e diabetes. Various factors could contribute to inadequate retrograde glycemic control in thalassemia patients co-existed with diabetes. According to published data, HbA1C seems to be an insufficient marker of the quality of diabetes control in thalassemia patients.Case report: We present a male 67 years old type 2 diabetes patient with disease history for 15 ...

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome is the most frequent ovarian dysfunction during the reproductive period. Its presence significantly impacts on the final scores of various Quality-of-Life (QoL) questionnaires. This pilot study aims to analyze the impact of hirsutism (H), as the component of PCOS, on the scores of determined generic (General Health Questionnaire-12, GHQ12) and disease-specific questionnaires (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Questionnaire, PCOSQ) in PCOS subjec...

Background: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and mental health disturbances have been identified as cardiovascular risk factors.Objectives: To determine the effects of Sars-CoV-2 infection on PMS and mental health.Methods: An anonymous survey about reproductive and mental health was shared with women of reproductive age between May and December, 2022. All women used their menstrual cycle (MC) diary while filling out the survey. Surveys ...

One of the main causes of protracted, severe hypocalcemia after parathyroidectomy is hungry bone syndrome (HBS). We report the case of a 40-year-old man who was first admitted to the Endocrinology department of Zemun Clinical Hospital (ZCH) in order to perform a workup for hypercalcemia. Further laboratory and imaging diagnostics indicated that a giant parathyroid adenoma, measuring approximately 6 cm in size, was the cause of the hypercalcaemia. An endocrine surgeon at the Cl...

Introduction: It has been shown that women with a previous Sars-CoV-2 infection have long-lasting menstrual cycle (MC) changes.Aim: To investigate the MC changes and their relationship with women’s reproductive, sexual and mental health disturbances during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: Anonymous survey about reproductive, sexual and mental health was shared with women of reproductive age between May 2022 and November 2023. Al...

Background: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic disease (Covid-19) has caused millions of deaths worldwide, thus a massive SARS-CoV-2 vaccination campaign has been launched since the end of 2020. Viruses and vaccines can induce adverse thyroid effects; SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccines have been associated with several thyroid disorders, especially subacute thyroiditis (SAT) and Graves’ disease (GD). We aimed to study the occurrence o...