Endocrine Abstracts

We hereby report a rare case of ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) syndrome due to recurrence of olfactory neuroblastoma which has few published reports. The female patient had surgery of olfactory neuroblastoma at 31 years old without the symptom of Cushing’s syndrome. Hypercortisolemia during treatment for recurrence of olfactory neuroblastoma were observed at 40 years old. The clinical findings were as followed; full moon face, central obesity, buffalo hump, an...

A continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) provides a good tool to investigate the influence of glucose fluctuation on oxidative stress regarding as the pathogenesis of arteriosclerosis in type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The CGM can detect min-to-min glucose fluctuation under the daily activity and eating habit. We measured various indexes for oxidative stress and compared with the glycemic factors detected by the CGM.Methods: T2DM (n=25) and healthy controls ...

Introduction: Recent reports showed that 2–9.4% of diabetic patients have Cushing’s syndrome (CS) including its mild form, subclinical CS (subCS), but there is no report about screening of acromegaly in diabetic patients. Either 1-mg or 0.5-mg dexamethasone suppression test (DST) is used as the screening test of adrenal CS or Cushing’s disease (CD). The aim of the present study was to screen CS including CD and acromegaly in Japanese diabetic patients.<p cla...

Introduction: There were some studies on the relation between subclinical hypothyroidism and arteriosclerosis, but few studies between thyroid function and diabetic microangiopathy. This study was aimed at investigating the influence of subclinical hypothyroidism on diabetic complications in Japanese population.Description of methods/design: We retrospectively surveyed a total of 106 type 2 diabetic patients with regard to thyroid function and microvascu...