Endocrine Abstracts

Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is characterized by cessation of ovarian function before the age of 40. Variable clinical presentation often postpones the diagnosis. The aim of our study was to assess whether there is a typical menstrual cycles pattern in patients with POI. We have evaluated 101 women, age 36.7±5.78 y. FSH=78.81±37.43 IU/l, E2<50 pg/dl, with confirmed POI referred to our Clinic between 2014 and 2018. Menstrual cycles characteristics were de...

Hypercortisolism is associated with high prevalence of psychiatric disorders and major depression occurs in 50–60% of patients. According to the available literature it is still unknown if patients with (possible) autonomous cortisol secretion ((P)ACS) carry the risk of depressive disorders. The Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) is a commonly used instrument for detecting and quantifying levels of depression and its validity as a screening instrument is well establish...

Introduction: The prevalence of adrenal incidentalomas (AI) and renal cysts increase with age. Depending on the study population age and sex, on average, both are prevalent with about 8 to 10% in subjects older than 50 years of age.Aim: We aimed to investigate the co-occurrence of AI and simple renal cysts.Methods: Our study included 970 subjects, 494 with AI – all evaluated in single centre, and 476 control group (CG) patien...