Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland is a rare cancer, and metastatic (M1) disease is uncommon, occurring in around 10% of cases, with ectopic paraneoplastic Cushing being described in only few cases.Clinical case: A 58-year-old woman, with a history of dedifferentiated parotid acinar cell carcinoma, underwent surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy in 2005. In February 2019 the disease recurred with pulmonary, bone and lymph node metastases....

IntroductionDiabetes, a metabolic disorder characterized by abnormal blood glucose levels, is a serious chronic disease that implies an important public health problem. Being Insulin the main hormone for modulating blood glucose levels, subcutaneous injections are the main way for its administration in the diabetes treatment. However, this way of administration can lead to poor patient compliance, apart from several side-effects. Although other ways of a...

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics of patients with macroprolactinoma in a second level Hospital.Methods: Retrospective data collection of patients diagnosed with macroprolactinoma between 2002 and 2017 at Jerez University Hospital.Results: Complete Data were obtained from 22 patients. The mean age at diagnosis was 40.32 ± 18.3 years (men: 52.9 ± 14.2, women: 27.7 ± 1...

Introduction: Papillary carcinoma is the most common form of well-differentiated thyroid cancer (80% of the total). In recent years there has been a significant progressive increase in prevalence.Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics of the newly diagnosed papillary thyroid carcinoma at the Sanitary Area of Jerez, as well as to analyze its incidence in recent years.Material and Methods: An ob...

Introduction: Once-daily liraglutide and once-weekly dulaglutide, both glucagón-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, improve glycemic control and reduce weight in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with a similar efficacy according to head-to-head trial AWARD-6. Nevertheless, there is a lack of evidence in a real-world setting. The focus of our study is to assess changes in glycemic control and weight resulting from switching from liraglutide to dulaglutide in pat...

Introduction: Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists (GLP1a) and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP4i) are both incretin-based therapies for type 2 diabetes (T2DM) but with distinct efficacy according to glycemic and weight control and side effect profiles. There is scarce information about changes observed after switching from a DPP4i to a GLP1a in patients with T2DM on a complex treatment regimen and routine clinical practice conditions. To assess these changes, we carried out...

Introduction: Maternal obesity (MO) increases the risk of gestational and neonatal complications. Bariatric surgery (BS) is currently the most effective long-term treatment of MO. The sustained weight loss after BS reduces the risk of maternal comorbidities during pregnancy. Nevertheless, BS is associated with an important risk of nutrients deficiency, and some data indicate that might increase the risk of prematurity and low birth weight. The objective of the present study is...

Objectives: To assess whether the degree of heterogeneity of thyroid nodules defined by their elastographic characteristics is related to the cytological diagnosis and ultrasound classification of risk of malignancy.Material and Methods: Observational, prospective study. 101 thyroid nodules were analysed by quantitative elastographic analysis (shear-wave), measuring the stiffness of the lesion by global elastography and its standard deviation (s.d.</...

Introduction: The analysis of the signaling pathways involved in vascular calcification is difficult due largely to the limitation in obtaining vascular tissue samples. Therefore, the use of bioinformatics tools for the identification of potential biomarkers associated with vascular calcification is an advantage for the advancement in the knowledge of the molecular pathways involved in this pathology.Objective: Increase understanding of the molecular mec...

Introduction: One of the often-discussed topics in the management guidelines for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) is the ideal time gap that should exist between patient check-ups. A period of three to six months is usually recommended, which sometimes is difficult to achieve due to the high number of patients. But to what extent does the time gap between appointments in the follow-up of T1DM patients affect their diabetes’ control?Objectives: To kn...