Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: ‘Atypia of undetermined significance (AUS) or follicular lesion of undetermined significance’ category is established by The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology because of the necessity to report those thyroid fine-needle aspiration (FNA) results that are not easily classified into the benign, suspicious or malignant categories. In most cases, a repeated FNA results in a more definitive interpretation. Estimated risk of malignancy for an...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism is caused by a single adenoma in 85% of cases. This is why bilateral neck exploration seems to be a very aggressive procedure in a large number of cases. Intraoperative parathyroid hormone (IOPTH) monitoring could be a useful tool in primary hyperparathyroidism surgery allowing a less invasive surgical approach. The aim of our study is to evaluate the possible impact of the measurement of IOPTH during surgery.Met...

Introduction: Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is commonly defined as amenorrhea or disordered menses for at least 4 months in association with menopausal FSH levels in women who are < 40 years old.Methods: The aim of our study is to describe the etiology, demographic characteristics, therapeutical management and repercussion in reproduction in patiens with POI. We carried out a retrospective observational study including 25 women with a primary o...

Background: The prevalence of unawareness hypoglycaemia in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is uncertain. This study aims to determine its prevalence and predictive clinical characteristics with greater precision.Methods: Prospective study. 128 patients were recruited between September 2013 and January 2014. Awareness of hypoglycaemia was assessed using the ‘Clarke’ questionnaire and was classified into two groups, depending on the...