Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Adrenal incidentalomas (AI) have an increasing prevalence during last decades, probably due to the extended use of new imaging techniques and longer life expectancy. Adrenal hormonal hypersecretion, even subclinical, is probably related to cardiovascular disease (CVD).Methods: We evaluated 100 patients with adrenal masses, incidentally discovered in imaging techniques performed for non adrenal disorders (67 Female, 33 Male, mean 58.1±12....

Introduction: Effective gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) management is pivotal for reducing delivery complications for both mother and offspring, since a linear and continuous association between blood glucose and unfavorable outcomes has been extensively reported. The aim of present study was to investigate possible factors affecting GDM treatment goals.Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 136 consecutive patients with GDM, treated in our department...

Introduction: Effective acromegaly treatment in the era of somatostatin analog therapy may initially seem easy to apply. Several factors, modifiable or not, may be involved in every patient’s treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate possible factors affecting effective acromegaly treatment.Methods: From the original pool of 25 patients, that were diagnosed with acromegaly in our department during the last 15 years, 18 are currently being fol...

Introduction: Pembrolizumab is a programmed death receptor-1(PD-1)-blocking antibody, used in a variety of advanced malignant tumors with promising results, although adverse events are not rare.Case report: We present the case of an adult female, with negative personal and family history of autoimmune diseases, who developed malignant superficial melanoma of right wrist 6 years ago. She was initially treated with surgical resection (lesion and ipsilatera...