Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Turner syndrome (TS) is a chromosomal disorder affecting female and characterized by complete or partial monosomy of the X chromosome. These genetic changes lead to the abnormalities in growth and development and increase the risk of autoimmune diseases, including those affecting the thyroid. Thyroid pathology in TS may include autoimmune thyroiditis, hypothyroidism, thyrotoxicosis (Graves disease, AIT in the hyperthyroid state). Thyrotoxicosis is the clinical sy...

Introduction: Acromegaly can be asymptomatic for a long time and morbid obesity can mask typical clinical signs (facial disfigurement, large hands and feet) and even severe disorders, such as hypopituitarism, cardiomyopathy, respiratory dysfunction, sleep apnea, atherosclerosis, endothelial dysfunction, arthropathy, prediabetes/diabetes, dyslipidemia and mineral dysmetabolism. Menstrual irregularity and infertility combined with headaches are among the earliest issues a patien...