Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: There have been more than 130 genes described in relation with the development of obesity, which condition hyperphagia and early obesity. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of genetic alterations in a cohort of patients with morbid obesity.Materials and Methods: We designed a descriptive cross-sectional study for a cohort of subjects with obesity grade III or higher (BMI ≥40 kg/m2), treated at endocrinolog...

Objectives: To evaluate the psychosocial aspects in a group of patients in follow-up in specific consultation of bariatric surgery prior to the intervention and in a group of patients intervened.Methods: Cross-sectional study of patients in follow-up in the specific morbid obesity consultation of the University Hospital Puerta del Mar (Cádiz) not intervened and a group intervened and in a group intervened, at 6–12 months of follow-up.<p cla...

Objectives: To evaluate the psychosocial aspects and the common dietary habits in a group of patients in follow-up in specific consultation of bariatric surgery prior to the intervention.Methods: Cross-sectional study of patients in follow-up in the specific morbid obesity consultation of the University Hospital Puerta del Mar (Cádiz) not intervened.Results: 110 patients were analyzed, of which 68.2% are women, with an average...

Objectives: To evaluate the psychosocial aspects and the common dietary habits in a group of patients undergoing bariatric surgery.Methods: Cross-sectional study of patients in follow-up in the specific consultation of morbid obesity of the University Hospital Puerta del Mar (Cádiz) intervened, at 6–12 months of follow-up.Results: 88 patients were analyzed, of which 70.5% (N=62) are women, with an average age of ...

Woman, 40 years old. Smoker and habitual drinker, history of toxic consumption, anxiety-depressive syndrome, postsurgical hypothyroidism after total thyroidectomy for multinodular goiter in substitution treatment. Diabetes mellitus type 1 diagnosed in 2001 as a result of pregnancy, unstable, with poor chronic glycemic control, requiring frequent admissions to our hospitalization plant due to episodes of ketoacidosis. It requires high insulin requirements and does not present m...

Introduction: Paragangliomas are neuroendocrine tumors derived from the extra-adrenal paraganglionar system and are closely related to pheochromocytoma. About 50% are associated with genetic syndromes.Case report: We report a case of a sporadic paraganglioma incidentally found in a 30-year-old man, with no family or personal history of interest, in the context of abdominal pain study where a mass of 5×3×3 cm is detected in the abdominal aorto-c...

Objectives: 1) To determine the prevalence on the main comorbidities in morbid obese patients; 2) To analize the bariatric surgery effects on the comorbidities; and 3) To evaluate the complications of bariatric surgeryMethods: Cohort study with intrasubject measures (before-after) in a sample of 333 patients with morbid obesity who underwent bariatric surgery (bypass gastric or sleeve gastrectomy) in Puerta del Mar Hospital (Cádiz, Spain) between 20...