Endocrine Abstracts

Papillary thyroid carcinoma is a disease associated with a very good prognosis. However, there are some subtypes of papillary thyroid cancer which are associated with aggressive biological behavior and worse outcome. The appearance of brain metastatic disease in the course of papillary thyroid carcinoma is rare and carries an unfavorable prognosis.The aim was to describe the case of a patient with tall cell papillary thyroid carcinoma who presented with ...

The incidental discovery of adrenal tumors in the course of computer tomography scanning for various reasons has led to the more detailed study of this type of tumors.The aim was to study the anatomical distribution of primary adrenal tumors at diagnosis.The archives of all patients with primary adrenal tumors having been hospitalized in the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism of Metaxa Hospital, Pireaus, Greece from 01.01.2...

Primary pituitary tumors are relatively rare and mainly benign.The aim was to study the primary pituitary tumors presenting during a 10-year period in a single center.The archives of all patients with primary pituitary tumors having been hospitalized from 01.01.2000 to 30.06.2010 in the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism of Metaxa Hospital were studied. Within this cohort of patients 128 were female (63%) and 75 (37%) were ...

Several studies have shown a positive correlation between parity and reduced hip fracture rate later in menopause while others have shown no correlation or a negative one. Thus, it is possible that some of the conflicting results reported in literature may be attributable to differences in the ages of the populations studied or of the concomitant presence or not of osteoporosis.In order to elucidate these conflicting results, a population based observati...

Osteoporosis can be caused by many miscellaneous factors. These factors include medical, lifestyle and socioeconomic variables, the latest being not well studied and defined in international bibliography. From these there are the factors regarding the working environment (house or office) and the living environment (urban or countryside). Our hypothesis is based on the fact that women living in an urban environment or working in an office environment should have lower Bone Min...

Background: Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) are in increased risk of hypothalamic−pituitary−gonadal axis disruption. We aimed to explore changes in androgen hormones during first impatient rehabilitation and identify factors associated with their levels among participants from the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort (SwiSCI) cohort.Methods: We measured sex hormones using Enyzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay in persons with a newly aquired...