Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Papillary carcinoma is the most common form of well-differentiated thyroid cancer (80% of the total). In recent years there has been a significant progressive increase in prevalence.Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics of the newly diagnosed papillary thyroid carcinoma at the Sanitary Area of Jerez, as well as to analyze its incidence in recent years.Material and Methods: An ob...

Introduction: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with an increase risk of neonatal and maternal complications. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) detects glycemic patterns, which could help predict the development of maternal-fetal complications.Objective: To analyze the different glycemic patterns obtained with CGM and to correlate them with the appearance of maternal-fetal complications in GDM.Methods: Women with ...

Introduction: The prevalence of brain metastasis from differentiated thyroid carcinoma is 1%. Brain metastasis as the first manifestation of the disease is extremely uncommon.Case report: We present a case of 44-year-old woman with headache and a tumor in right parietal zone. The patient has had multinodular goiter for 15 years, with two dominant nodules in left thyroid lobe. Both of them were isoechoic with hypoechoic halo and measured 2 cm. Fine-needle...

Rationale: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a well known independent prognosis factor associated with cirrhosis. Nevertheless, few studies are focused on the association between glucose metabolism and liver fibrosis in HCV/HIV patients and their conclusions are contradictory. The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between glucose homeostasis and liver fibrosis in these patients.Methods: In a cross-sectional study, we compared prevalen...

Objective: To evaluate in our area BICI therapy efficacy in pregestational type 1 diabetes.Methods: We conducted a descriptive retrospective analysis studying metabolic control and obstetrics results in patients with pregestational type 1 diabetes, treated with BICI between 2004 and 2012 in our hospital.Results: We evaluated 28 patients with type 1 diabetes and diabetes duration of 17.3±6.6 years. In 27.3% of patients the trea...

Objective: To evaluate continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) in type 1 diabetes using the analysis of epidemiological variables, treatment indications, metabolic results, acute and chronic complications and causes for therapy suspension.Methods: A retrospective descriptive study of patients with type 1 diabetes treated with CSII therapy in our institution.Results: A total of 49 type 1 diabetic patients who had been treate...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas are the most common tumours of adrenal medullary origin. The aim of this study is to describe the clinical manifestations, biochemical profile, preoperative pharmacological approach and hemodinamic outcomes in a series of patients with histologically proven pheochromocytoma treated in our center over 12 years.Methods/design: Descriptive analysis including patients diagnosed with pheochromocytoma after histological examinat...

Introduction: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is a promising alternative to open surgery although concerns exist in regard to laparoscopic treatment of pheocromocytoma. This report aims to describe the outcomes of laparoscopic resection for pheocromocytoma focusing particularly on intraoperative hemodynamic stability and postoperative outcomes.Methods/design: Descriptive analysis including patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery for unilateral pheochromoc...