Endocrine Abstracts

Stress appears to activate the immunoneuroendocrine network and seems to be related to the development of autoimmune diseases. Graves’ disease is a multisystem disorder characterized by hyperthyroidism, eye disease and pretibial myxedema. Stress appears also to be related to the development of Graves’ disease.The aim was to describe cases of Graves’ disease which developed immediately after a stressful life event.Pat...

Vitamin D deficiency has been observed in diabetes mellitus type 2 patients. It has been found to be related to poor glycemic control in diabetes mellitus type 2 patients as well as in patients with gestational diabetes. The administration of vitamin D in diabetes mellitus type 2 patients with vitamin D deficiency has been found to have conflicting results on blood glucose control. The aim was to assess the effect of vitamin D administration in diabetes mellitus type 2 patient...

Primary hyperparathyroidism is currently recognized with increasing frequency by routine calcium measurement in biochemical examinations. Primary hyperparathyroidism may be due to a parathyroid adenoma, parathyroid hyperplasia and, rarely, parathyroid carcinoma. Cinacalcet is used in the medical management of primary hyperparathyroidism.The aim was to assess the role of cinacalcet in the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism.Pat...

Primary hyperparathyroidism is a rather frequent disorder characterized by high plasma PTH and calcium. Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in all areas of the world. Vitamin D deficiency has been described in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. When present, vitamin D deficiency may be associated with large size parathyroid adenomas and musculoskeletal pain.The aim was to describe two cases of primary hyperparathyroidism and vitamin D deficiency.</...

Acromegaly is known to be associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Additionally, acromegaly is known to be associated with disordered carbohydrate metabolism. Lipid levels in acromegaly have not been extensively studied. The aim was to study lipid levels in acromegaly.Methods: In 32 patients with newly diagnosed acromegaly lipid levels were studied. In particular total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels were measu...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is known to be associated with cardiovascular comorbidity. In particular, patients with RA are known to be at increased for the development of atherosclerosis. Treatment with biological agents in RA may affect lipid levels.Aim: The aim was to study the effect of rituximab treatment on lipid levels in RA patients.Methods: In a cohort of 20 patients with RA lipid levels were studied before, 6 and 12 months a...

Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, such as diabetes mellitus type 1 and multiple sclerosis. Reduced vitamin D intake has been linked to increased susceptibility to the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and vitamin D deficiency has been found to be associated with disease activity in RA patients. The aim was to evaluate vitamin D status in RA patients and to assess the relationship between vitamin D levels and disease act...

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 ...

Introduction: Ganglioneuromas are rare, benign tumors of mature ganglion cells, arising from the sympathetic ganglia and 20% are located in the adrenal medulla, representing 1–4% of adrenal incidentalomas. About 1/3 secrete catecholamines but hypertension and other adrenergic symptoms are rare. About 60% are depicted with 131I- MIBG.Case report: A 72-year-old man was admitted for a left adrenal tumor 9×8 cm, incidentally found in abd...