Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Treatment with somatostatin analogues (SSA) leads to shrinkage of pituitary adenoma in acromegaly naïve patients, as shown by the PRIMARYS study. Therefore the effect of this treatment on surgery was investigated.Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of pre-treatment with SSA in acromegaly patients qualified for neurosurgery.Material and methods: Group A (46 patients: 36 female, 10 male) were pre-treated with SSA. Group ...

Background: The influence of hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance on thyroid function is debatable. Insulin, as an anabolic hormone, may also play a role in thyroid hypertrophy and nodular goitre development. Some recent reports focus on the possible interplay between thyroid function and glucose status in pregnancy, including gestational diabetes mellitus.Aim: The study aimed to assess the relationship between insulin resistance indices and thyroid f...

Medical documentation of 976 patients treated and followed-up over the years 2001–2006 at our 131- radioiodine treatment centre was analysed with respect to their thyroid cancer staging. The mean age at their time of diagnosis was 59±15.1 years. From histopathology, papillary, follicular or poorly differentiated cancer was diagnosed in 87.6, 11.7, and 0.7% of these patients, respectively. The mean ages of patients with papillary, follicular or poorly differentiated c...

The reference ranges of thyroid function tests during pregnancy are still being debated, even in ethnically homogenous populations. The defining of the normal range is of importance, as it influences therapeutic decisions, particularly the use (or over-use) of levothyroxine in this vulnerable population. The study was aimed at the longitudinal assessment of thyroid function tests results in marginally iodine sufficient Polish population of pregnant women. The study was perform...