Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hypoglycemia is a medical emergency that can have many different causes in etiology. Autoimmune hypoglycemia in patients with very high insulin levels should also be considered in the differential diagnosis.Case: A 50-year-old man was admitted to our clinic for investigation and treatment of hypoglycemic episodes. He did not have any evidence for the use of oral antidiabetic medications, insulin, herbal substances. However, in our history, ...

Reports in the literature have demonstrated an increased number of nerve fibers and the presence of a follicle development similar to polycystic ovary during perimenopausal ovary in women. Since differentiation, proliferation and growth of nerves depends of nerve growth factor (NGF), changes in the content of nerves fiber could be preceded by increases in NGF and p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR). Our purpose was to evaluate the changes in noradrenaline (NA) at the celiac gan...

Introduction: Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are rare and their clinical behavior and prognosis correlates with mitotic rate and Ki-67 index. Most patients with advanced NET have liver metastases unresectable and somatostatin analogues are the initial therapy of choice but when disease progresses despite treatment and there are positive somatostatin receptors, peptide receptor radioligand therapy (PRRT), using lutetium-177, is a therapeutic option.Clinical...

Introduction: Acromegaly increases morbidity and mortality and should be treated even in the asymptomatic phase. It is almost always caused by a GH-producing pituitary adenoma and although transsphenoidal surgery is the treatment of choice in most cases, in others, primary medical therapy is indicated.Clinical case: A 36-year-old female with a family history of thyroid functional pathology and diagnosed with micronodular goiter was evaluated in February ...