Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Both subclinical hyperthyroidism and type 2 diabetes (T2D) have been associated with an increase in cardiovascular disease risk and mortality. We aimed to assess the prevalence of newly diagnosed subclinical hyperthyroidism in a cohort of patients with T2D, and also to analyse the relationships between diabetes-related characteristics and the presence of subclinical hyperthyroidism.Methods: Nine hundred and thirty-three diabetic patients wi...

Background: Exogenous hyperthyroidism is a rare cause of thyrotoxicosis. It is caused by ingestion of excessive amounts of thyroid hormone, which could be intentional or surreptitious (known as factitious thyrotoxicosis). One of the most exceptional cause is the intake of meat or sausage containing thyroid tissue, inadvertently mixed with traces of muscles and other tissues of the animal’s neck (hamburger thyrotoxicosis). The clinical symptoms are indistinguishable from o...

Methods: A prospective study in 35 patients hospitalized for AKI for two consecutive years was carried out. TFT (serum thyrotropin, TSH; free thyroxine, FT4; and total triiodothyronine, T3 concentrations) were measured in each patient on three occasions: at admission, at hospital discharge and at their first outpatient visit.Results: Total prevalence of alterations in TFT was 82.9% (n=29). Of those, euthyroid sick syndrome (E...