Endocrine Abstracts

Cardiomyopathy can occur due to hypothyroidism or hypocalcemia but often resolves with judicious treatment with levothyroxine and correcting calcium levels to acceptable levels. We discuss a case of a 37-year-old woman presenting with acute cardiogenic shock and a history of total thyroidectomy 6 years prior for papillary thyroid carcinoma stage 1 (T2N1aM0). Patient was non-compliant to levothyroxine treatment and developed easy fatigability and exertional dyspnea 5 months bef...

Introduction: The incidence of thyroid cancer (TC) is low, but rising over time. Some studies point to a possible increase in mortality rate (MR) from this cancer in certain areas of Spain and Andalusia. Our purpose was to analyse the TC mortality in Andalusia and study how it has changed in the last years. We also analysed differences by age, sex, and geographic area.Methods: All deaths from TC were collected between January 1, 1975 and December 1, 2011...

Dietary fat influences systemic inflammatory status, which, in turn, determines the progression of age-associated diseases. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) comprise a subset of white blood cells placed at the crossroad between diet and inflammation, in that they play a key role in the immune/inflammatory system and their gene expression pattern is influenced by diet. Since the somatostatin (SST), cortistatin (CORT) and ghrelin systems have been shown to modulate the...