Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Non-thyroidal illness syndrome or low T3 syndrome is an alteration of thyroid hormone levels which occurs as a reaction to acute disease. It is characterized by low TSH levels and low T3 and T4 levels. It is transient. The severity of its expression may be related to the severity of the acute disease. It affects patients hospitalized for acute disease in the department of medicine or surgery and in the acute care unit.<p class...

Objective: Clinically apparent hypocalcaemia following total thyroidectomy occurs in 20–25% of patients subjected to total thyroidectomy, in 2-4% of these patients the hypocalcaemia is permanent. Treatment by per-os or iv administration of calcium supplements and vitamin D is suggested when the serum calcium concentration falls bellow a critical level, either before or whenever the patients develop clinical symptoms of tetany. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the ...

Introduction: Patients with systemic sclerosis may develop cancer. The development of malignant hematological diseases has also been described in patients with systemic sclerosis. These patients may also be prone to the development of lymphoma, in most cases a B-cell lymphoma.Aim: The aim was to describe the case of a patient with systemic sclerosis who had a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and developed primary hypothyroidism.Case rep...