Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Therapy with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine (CQ) constitutes a rare but documented cause of hypoglycemia in non-diabetic adults. The physiopathological mechanism is not fully understood, and symptoms may appear several years after starting treatment. In this paper, we describe the clinical presentation and investigation of a case of hypoglycemia attributed to HCQ therapy. Clinical Case: A 60-year-old female patient was referred fo...

Introduction: Bariatric surgery continues to stand as the most effective therapeutic intervention in treating severe obesity. However, a portion of patients experiences less satisfactory outcomes, diminishing the overall beneficial impact of this intervention. Identifying predictive factors for unsatisfactory responses to bariatric surgery could represent a crucial step in evaluating candidates, enabling the establishment of personalized care.Methods: Re...

Somatotropin is essential not only for linear growth but also for important metabolic functions. Its deficiency is usually the first and most common endocrinopathy induced by cancer disease and its treatments, mainly cranial irradiation. Although somatotropin replacement therapy is safe and effective in promoting a better linear growth, studies of final height in childhood cancer survivors treated with somatotropin are limited. This study was performed to examine growth outcom...