Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Graves’ Orbitopathy (GO) is the most common extra thyroidal feature of autoimmune thyroid disease presentation. It is characterized by development of orbital inflammation that involves both, adipose tissue and extra-ocular muscles. The condition is associated with increased psychological burden and in severe cases may lead to optic nerve damage, causing blindness. While most patients with GO present with bilateral disease, asymmetric or unilateral GO may affec...

Background: Overt hypothyroidisms warrants L-T4 treatment, but treatment in subclinical hypothyroidism (ScH), especially in mild form of ScH (TSH between 4,2-10mU/l and normal free thyroxine) is unknown.Objectives: To compare the presence of risk factors for atherosclerosis in patients with mild form of ScH to euthyroid subjects.Methods: Prospectively 67 consecutive patients with newly diagnosed ScH, and 30 healthy subjects were re...

Parathyroidectomy for hyperparathyroidism can be complicated with development of Hungry Bone Syndrome (HBS), a constellation of profound hypocalcemia with hypomagnesemia and hypophosphatemia. The severity of this potential life-threatening condition is related to the extent of the parathyroid-mediated high-turnover bone disease. We present a case of a 59-year-old woman developing post-surgical HBS as a result of longstanding severe unrecognized primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP...