Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To describe a patient with an unusual course of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) due to parathyroid adenoma in 2004, who developed recurrent hyperparathyroidism due to parathyroid carcinoma in 2010, and a subsequent adenoma in 2011.To our knowledge, this sequential occurrence has not been previously reported in literature.Case: A 57-year old male was operated on for a parathyroid adenoma in the right inferior gland in 2004. He was asymptomat...

Introduction: Abdominal obesity and insulin resistance are risk factors for erectile dysfunction (ED). ED is associated with hypoandrogenism, endothelial dysfunction, lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), and reduced quality of life (QoL). We aimed to compare effects of lifestyle modification-induced weight loss on insulin resistance, endothelial and sexual function, LUTS and QoL in obese non-diabetic men with and without ED.Methods: Seventy abdominally o...

Introduction: Androgen deficiency (AD) is associated with endothelial and erectile dysfunction, lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and reduced quality of life (QoL) in obesity. We aimed to compare effects of weight loss induced by lifestyle modification on endothelial and erectile function, LUTS and QoL in obese men with and without AD.Methods: abdominally obese Asian (body mass index≥30 kg/m2, waist circumference [WC] ≧ 90 cm) m...