Endocrine Abstracts

Diabetic mothers have an increased risk for pregnancy (early pregnancy loss, polyhydramnios, pre-eclampsia, premature labor) and progression of diabetic complications. We present a case of the progression of diabetic-related complications including autonomic neuropathy (AN) which caused severe vomiting during pregnancy. A 27-year-old type 1 diabetic woman with pregnancy of 8 weeks gestational age (GW) was admitted to our hospital for glycemia and diabetic-related complications...

Objective: Misclassification of type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is quite common and crucial to choice of appropriate therapy. The aim of the study was to evaluate the correspondence of islet antigen-2 (Anti IA2) and glutamic acid decarboxylase (Anti GAD65) antibodies with clinical diagnosis.Methods: The Anti IA2 and Anti GAD65 were measured in 583 patients (337 males and 246 females) diagnosed with T1DM or T2DM with not typical manifest...

Hashimoto encephalopathy (HE) is a rare and steroid responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (1). Patients with Hashimoto encephalopathy may present with a variety of neuropsychiatric signs (2). 68-year old woman was admitted to the Neurology Department, of Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kauno klinikos (HLUHS KK), due to disorder of consciousness of uncertain aetiology in August 2016. The signs of motor dysfunction, generalized ri...