Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: To study the morphofunctional state of the myocardium in young people with diabetes mellitus 1 using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology.Material and methods: 38 patients (14 men, 24 women), aged 18–36 years old, with an experience of type 1 diabetes from 5 to 16 years old were underwent contrastive mri of the heart. The exclusion criteria were: pronounced electrolyte disorders in the blood, dysproteinemia, chronic liver and kidney fail...

A 27-year-old male patient during past 10 years noted a gradual change in his appearance, but began to seek a medical attention only 1.5 years ago due to reduced vision. Hormonal tests from March 2013 revealed marked elevation of GH to 106 mIU/ln (ref. values <20), and IGF1 to 567 ng/ml (121–336), decrease in testosterone levels to 1.91 ng/ml (3–12), with cortisol, LH, FSH, PRL, TSH values within the reference range; MRI of the brain showed a 4×7 mm adenoma ...