Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction/Background: Gender differences affect the treatment of several diseases in both male and female patients. However, the influence of gender on treatment decisions and outcome in neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) has scarcely been investigated. Aims: Comparison of tumor characteristics, treatment decisions and outcome of patients with NENs, stratified by genderMaterial and Methods: Retrospective analysis of the SwissNET co...

Introduction: The differential diagnosis between arginine vasopressin deficiency (AVP-D), formally known as central diabetes insipidus, and primary polydipsia (PP) is challenging. In clinical routine, psychopathologic findings are often used as a hallmark for diagnosing PP; thus, it is often referred to as psychogenic polydipsia. Yet, psychopathologic characteristics are barely assessed in patients with AVP-D, and to date, no data exist comparing AVP-D and PP with regard to th...

The differential diagnosis between arginine vasopressin deficiency (AVP-D), known as central diabetes insipidus, and primary polydipsia (PP) is challenging. Psychopathologic findings are often used as a hallmark for diagnosing PP; thus. Yet, psychopathologic characteristics are barely assessed in patients with AVP-D, and to date, no data exist comparing AVP-D and PP with regard to these features. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to compare levels of anxiety, depression, alex...