Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Vertebral fractures are the most common type of osteoporotic fractures. Prevalence of osteoporosis and osteoporotic vertebral fractures were not addressed and studied previously in the UAE. This study aims to describe for the first time the demographic and morphological characteristics of patients with fragility vertebral fractures in the UAE.Methods: This is a retrospective medical records review of patients with low-trauma vertebral fractur...

Background: AUS/FLUS (atypia/follicular lesion of undetermined significance) carries a malignancy risk reaching up to 50%. Based on the reported malignancy rate in a given population, the clinical practice towards such a category varies. We hereby identify clinical parameters for risk stratification to aid in decision making for either surgical referral or a clinical follow up.Our aim is to calculate the malignancy risk in Bethesda III category and to id...

Objectives: Thyroid malignancy constitutes the sixth common cancer type in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). There are no epidemiological data outlining the prevalence of cancer in thyroid nodules, nor previous analysis of ultra-sonographic features correlating with thyroid malignancy in the UAE. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of thyroid malignancy in patients with thyroid nodules and to describe the ultra-sonographic characteristics of thyroid nodules harbouring ma...

Background: Conn’s syndrome is a curable condition if identified properly. It is characterized by autonomous secretion of aldosterone from the adrenal gland cortex. Its morbidity is related to the increased risk of cardiovascular diseases.Case presentation: We report the case of a 48 years old male presenting with generalized tonic-clonic seizure and coma secondary to hypertensive encephalopathy. The biochemical evaluation revealed a very high aldo...

Background: Thyroid malignancy is the sixth common cancer type in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where its incidence is increasing worldwide. There are no epidemiological data outlining the prevalence of cancer in thyroid nodules, nor previous analysis of ultrasonographic features correlating with thyroid malignancy in the UAE.Aim: To report the prevalence of thyroid malignancy in thyroid nodules and correlate it with demographic data. A secondary aim is...