Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Incidental diagnosis of thyroid nodules has increased in recent years, leading to thyroid cancer diagnosis inflation. Nonetheless, mortality rate for thyroid malignancies remains very low, suggesting that its treatment is unlikely to affect the overall prognosis in the majority of cases. Several thyroid imaging scores have been proposed to reduce unnecessary invasive diagnostic procedures. Our aim was to verify the usefulness of the EU-TIRADS score on sparing thy...

Introduction: There are few studies either hospital bases or population based in Africa and in Angola we also have the same situation regarding endocrinology data. With this paper, the Angolan Society of Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism (SAEDM), wants to contribute to the systematic and continued study of endocrine pathology in Angola.Objective: Study of the casuistic of endocrine pathology in ambulatory setting regarding the year 2015.<p class=...

Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease that has serious effects on the morbi-mortality. Diabetes type 1 is less prevalent, representing 5–10% of the total cases. Data collected in Africa are scarce, and prevalence and incidence at sub - Saharan Africa are about 3-12/100,000 and 1.1–2.1/100,000 people, respectively. The Angolan reality is not known.Objective: To show the casuistic of diabetes type 1 obtained from the ambulatory con...