Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: A rare cause of hyperparathyroidism in pediatric is parathyroid carcinoma. The variety of clinical manifestations of hyperparathyroidism and the associated hypercalcemia slows down the verification of its primary nature. Material and methods: Medical records of an inpatient 13y.o child.Results: Child from 5 pregnancies, 1 delivery. Pregnancy was accompanied by endemic goiter. Delivery at 39-40weeks, physiological. Pre...

Objective: To investigate the state of blood pressure in children with obesity and insulin resistance.Materials and Methods: 127 obese children, age from 6 to 15 years, average age 11.5 years. Anthropometry, calculation of body mass index (BMI), waist/hip volume ratio, measurement of blood pressure (SBP, DBP), study of the level of immunoreactive insulin, glucose were carried out. Insulin resistance was determined with hyperinsulinemia above 22.0 microns...

Introduction: Ectopic Cushing’s syndrome (ECS) is a rare disease caused by ACTH secretion by extrapituitary neuroendocrine tumors, characterized by high mortality. Despite the clinical sings of Cushing’s syndrome, difficult access to reliable clinical examinations, leads to a delay in diagnosis and the choice of optimal treatment tactics. Small-cell lung cancer patients with ECS have a very poor prognosis. Case report: A 35-year-old woman ...

Relevance: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common endocrine disorders among chil-dren and accounts for 5-10% of all DM. According to scientists, in patients with type 1 diabetes, the risk of developing thyroid pathology is increased and with their combination, the course of both diseases worsens. There are different opinions among specialists regarding the clinical significance of latent thy-roid dysfunction. The study of the functional state of the thyroid gl...