Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Paraganglioma (PGL) develops from cells of the parasympathetic and sympathetic system. It usually manifests as a slow- growing and painless mass. PGL may be hereditary, benign, malignant, unilateral or bilateral tumors. In most cases PGL is located around the common carotid artery but may also be located within the middle ear or in the abdomen. Non functional retroperitoneal PGL are rare tumors, usually asymptomatic, and can attain big dimensions. Mutations in th...

Introduction: Cystic masses of neck consist of a variety of pathologic entities. The age of presentation and clinical examination narrow down the differential diagnosis. In adults are considered to be malignancies until proven otherwise (thyroid lesions, salivary gland neoplasms, metastatic squamous cell carcinoma and lymphatic malformations such as the cystic lymphangioma. Ultrasound (US) is often used for initial evaluation. Computed tomography (CT) and MRI provides addition...

Introduction: Primary lymphoma of the thyroid, although rare, should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with thyroid nodules or goiter, because its prognosis and treatment differ substantially from that of the other disorders. Thyroid lymphomas are nearly always of the non-Hodking type (70–80% B cell lineage). There is a 4:1 female predominance and the mean and median ages at diagnosis are between 65 and 75 years. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is the o...

Introduction: Hyperthecosis ovarian is a type of hyperandrogenism and severe insulin resistance, usually found in postmenopausal women.Case Report: This case is about a 12 year-old girl who came to our hospital because of a rapidly progressive virilization. She had no medical history. For the previous 10 months, she had felt progressive growth of terminal hair in androgen-dependent areas, abundant hair loss, facial acne and voice changes. Axilarche and p...

Objective: To evaluate the degree of compliance of the glycemic objectives in non-critic-hospitalized patient and determinate the factors associated to the lack of compliance of the aforesaid objectives.Material and method: Retrospective observational study in hospitalized patients during 2014. Adult patient age 18 or older, who had at least two points of care de glucose measurements (capillary blood glucose) during their hospitalization, were included. ...

Objective: To determine the hypoglycaemia prevalence in an old-patient hospitalized and to stablish the factors associated with its appearance and to study the association between the hypoglycaemia with the stay in hospital and the mortality during the hospitalization.Material and method: A retrospective study in which all patients, older than 65 years old that were hospitalized during 2014 and at least two glycemic control have been realised, were inclu...

Introduction: Dumping syndromes are common after bariatric surgery and can present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in pregnancy.Case report: A 23-year-old female who underwent a RYGB surgery because of morbid obesity in 2013. She had no medical history of diabetes nor any other comorbidity related to obesity. Two years later, her weight had reduced from 128 to 76 kg and also her body mass index (BMI) from 43.8 to 26 kg/m2. She was treate...