Endocrine Abstracts

Congenital hypopituitarism is a rare disease, occurring sporadically in the vast majority of cases, that is found more frequently in males. We are presenting the case of a 19 year old that addressed our clinic because of short stature and lack of development of secondary sexual traits. During the clinical assessment we found his height to be 146 cm, corresponding to -4.78 SDs, Tanner stage of pubertal development 1 and lack of apocrine axillary odor. The patient was inapetent ...

Hirsutism may be the expression of hyperandrogenia of ovarian or adrenal origin, iatrogenic or idiopathic/familial. Regardless of the etiology, there is a negative impact of body hair excess on the self-image, the self-esteem and the sexual satisfaction of subjects. The present study aimed to evaluate 60 women, aged 26.3 years, with hirsutism as the primary symptom. At presentation, basal FSH, LH and testosterone levels, urinary 24-hours 17-ketosteroids and DHEA, and an abdomi...

Introduction: Recent data indicate that women affected by the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are at a greater risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the association ethinylestradiol 30 μg–drospirenone 3 mg (DRP/EE30 μg) plus metformin and weight loss on surrogate markers of CVD in PCOS.Methods: Twenty-five young women with PCOS (mean age 22.76±0.83 years, body mass index (BMI...