Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid gland may be asymptomatically involved in most patients with secondary systemic amyloidosis. However, clinically detectable amyloid goiter is quite rare; often it is seen in patient with kidney involvement. We report one case of amyloid goitre without kidney manifestation.Case report: A 30-year-old male diagnosed with bilateral bronchiectasis since 1992 was admitted with rapidly growing goiter associated with dysphagia for solids, c...

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common disorder in women. Hyperandrogenism and chronic oligo-anovulation are the prominent clinical features. The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence and the predictive factors of PCOS in a group of women with morbid obesity.Methods: We performed a cross sectional study in 50 women with a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 40 kg /m2 collected over a period of 6 months (October 2017&#1...