Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Metabolic disorders are a relevant cause of morbidity and disability in patients with Cushing’s syndrome (CS) even after a successful treatment. The aim of our study was to assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in our CS patients, as central obesity, dyslipidemia, diabetes, and hypertension, and to discuss the main adverse effects of CS on metabolism and emphasize the importance of long-term monitoring and treatment of these complications.Patients and ...

Introduction: Digital necrosis of the upper limbs is the final and often the only clinical manifestation of a of a distal arterial or microcirculatory pathology of the MS. The approach to The approach to this condition is very different, hence the particularity of our observation which highlights the severity of vascular lesions found in diabetic patients.Observation: This is a 58 year old diabetic patient on mixtard 30: 16-00-08 ui; schizophrenia; on cl...