Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Trabecular Bone Score (TBS) is a new non-invasive method to evaluate trabecular bone quality at the lumbar spine. The literature has contradictory results concerning the influence of insulin resistance and adipose tissue on bone, for this reason it is of interest to evaluate factors that determine bone health and risk of fracture in patients with T2DM.Objective: To analyze the relationship between insulin resistance and adipose tissue with ...

Women with positive thyroid autoimmunity are considered at risk of developing hypothyroidism in pregnancy, so monitoring thyroid function is recommended.Objective: To assess the risk of gestational hypothyroidism in pregnant women with autoimmune thyroid disease and normal thyrotropin (TSH) at the beginning of pregnancy.Methods: Retrospective review of data from pregnant women attended between April 2016 and October 2019. Women wit...

Objectives: We studied whether the postoperative serum thyroglobulin (TG) basal levels before treatment with I131 (baseline TG) could be related with the response to treatment. We consider the excellent response as the absence of clinical, biochemical disease (undetectable TG and anti-thyroglobulin antibodies AcTG negative) and/or structural disease.Material and Methods: This is an observational study that includes 100 patients with differentiated thyroi...

Introduction: Data on sexual dysfunction (SD) in cirrhotic patients are limited. Sexual function is a complex area of human behavior with great impact on quality-of-life (QOL). Despite its relevance, it is rarely evaluated in clinical practice in cirrhotic patients. Indeed, published studies are heterogeneous, differ in the way sexual function is assessed, and usually evaluate only one specific aspect of sexual life. Our aim was to evaluate in detail the sexual function of pat...

Introduction: Controversy exists regarding type 2 diabetes (T2D) remission rates after bariatric surgery (BS) due to heterogeneity in its definition and patients’ baseline features. We evaluate T2D remission using recent criteria, according to preoperative characteristics and insulin use.Materials and methods: Retrospective study from a cohort of 657 BS performed in a single centre (2006–2011) of which 141 (57.4% women) had T2D. Evaluation of a...

Introduction: Remission of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a yearned outcome after bariatric surgery (BS). Attention to individuals who do not strictly fulfil remission criteria has been frequently left behind. The aim of this study was to evaluate metabolic control status in patients considered as diabetes ‘non-remitters’.Materials and methods: Retrospective study of 125 patients (59.2% women) with preoperative diagnosis of T2D who underwent BS in a ...

Introduction: Primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) is responsible for 0.6–5% of all cases of thyroid cancer and less than 2% of all extranodal lymphomas. PTL is more common in elderly women and are commonly of B-cell origin. Current treatment regimens for PLC consist of chemotherapy and external beam radiation. Surgery plays an important role, including the control of symptoms in large obstructive lymphomas.Aims and methods: Retrospective data review of p...

Introduction: Malignant toxic thyroid nodules are rare, with few cases described in the literature. The prevalence of malignancy in toxic adenomas varies between 1 and 8% in different series (most, corresponding to <2.5%). For that reason, international guidelines recommend that they should not be submitted to fine needle aspiration biopsy.Case report: A 42-year-old female patient without relevant previous medical history was admitted to our hospital...

Introduction: Thyroid ultrasound is a widely used tool in monitoring thyroid nodule, allowing us to assess the size and other sonographic signs suspicious of malignancy, facilitating decisions about diagnosis and treatment.Objectives: To evaluate the presence of ultrasonographic signs suggestive of malignancy in patients with thyroid carcinoma in our hospital.Material and methods: Retrospective study of 63 patients with thyroid car...

The management of nonfunctioning adrenal masses is controversial. The size is usually the only criterion for surgical treatment. The objective was to study the progression of the tumor size and the follow-up of several cardiovascular risk parameters in patients with nonsurgical nonfunctioning adrenal masses.Retrospective longitudinal observational study of 24 patients (54.2% men) with nonfunctioning adenomas followed for five years without surgical treat...