Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) constitutes a heterogenous group of disorders characterized by end-organ resistance to parathyroid hormone (PTH), due to a defect in the stimulatory G protein-activated cAMP formation. PHP type Ib is characterized by renal resistance to PTH, without the phenotypic features of Albright hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO).Case report: A 31-year old woman was referred to our clinic for investigation of severe hypocal...

Introduction: Adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) are increasingly detected due to the widespread use of abdominal imaging for diagnostic purposes. AIs are usually benign non-functioning adenomas but few prospective studies exist regarding their evolution.The aim of this study was to investigate the morphological and hormonal changes of AIs in a cohort of patients with long-term follow-up.Materials and methods: This was a prospective obse...

Introduction: Antithyroid drugs (ATD) remain the first-line therapy in patients with Graves’ disease (GD), despite high relapse rate. The purpose of the present study was to identify predictors of long term remission of GD in patients who received ATD as primary treatment.Description of methods/design: We restrospectively identified patients with Graves’ disease initially treated with ATD between 1984 and 2011 and extracted relevant data from t...