Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Pregnancy and lactation-associated osteoporosis (PLO) is a rare condition in which women have fragile fractures associated with significant reduction of BMD during pregnancy or postpartum period.Case report: A 37-year-old female patient was admitted at our Clinic for further investigation of aetiology of osteoporosis in July 2019. Soon after delivery in February 2019 patient had felt left hip and foot pain as well as sharp intensive pain (i...

Introduction: Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT), chronic autoimmune disease, is related with impaired quality of life (QoL) regardless of euthyroid state. Some studies showed decreased levels of vitamin D in patients with HT which implies there is a relationship between vitamin D deficiency and HT. It remains unclear whether decreased levels of vitamin D are result of autoimmune process or are part of its cause.Aim: To investigate effect of vitamin D levels on ...

Introduction: Acromegaly is a rare chronic disease characterized by systemic comorbidity. As a chronic disease, which in most cases requires long-term treatment, it is often accompanied by musculoskeletal, metabolic, and cardiovascular diseases, as well as headaches, anxiety, and depression, which leads to impaired quality of life.Aim: Assessment of quality of life in patients with acromegaly compared to healthy controls.Materials ...